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CLUJ AT, OA-. APRIL *. IfM
Official Okuw of Gii.mkkCo. I
Official (Milan of Fannin Cos. I
Official Okuan *f Prkkxs Cos
The Coming Congressman.
Much has been Ha id concerning
the probable candh’aes for con
gress m die niii lit district, and we
have ralher withheld hitherto our
opinion on fiie fit ness ol the men
and their respective claims. We
are id the opinion that Judge das.
R. Brown of Cherokee would
make us the best and ab est rep
resentalive now spoken of' as a
candidate for that position- liih
long connection with the leading
issues of Georgia, ins admitted
ability as a jurist and his accept
ed good judgment on questions
ol political economy, recom
mend Inm to (lie people ol this
district. Living as he does in
this end of' the district, and hav
ing identified his interest with
the people of his immediate sec
.tiun it is but natural that his fel
low citizens should call upon him
whenever they deem his services
of vital importance to them. \V>■
have heard several leading citi
Z 1 ns say that Judge Brown is be
yond doubt the choice of the
people of Gilmer and we are ol
the opinion llial should* be con
sent to let his name go before the
people it would carry with en
thusiast ic success.
The Late Deluge*
The storm of rain, and in some
places the wind, that recently
visited the South Atlantic and
gulf stales was one of the most
extensive and destructive llial
has visited this country almost
from time immemorial. This sec
lion experienced higher waters
than for any aiumber qh years
within rememuruiree while all
over Georgia reports come that
the rising streams reached high
water points hitherto unknown by
the oldest settlers. Railroads and
wagon roads have been washed
out, bridges over rivers and small
streams have been swept before
the merciless torrents that
drenching rains have swelled.
Streets of cities have been wash
ed up. water-works destroyed,
sewers ripped up, and farms
washed and lorn up by the gulch
es of inad waters. While Geor
gia received her proportionate
share, it seems lhat the flood was
almost universal ihroughout the
Union. It is said that on last
Tuesday week the sun’s rays nev
er struck the United States, so
general was the rain and cloudy
weather. Rome, Ga., was sub
merged deeper than ever before
and thousands of people were
driven from homes and business
bouses to seek refuge on the
noles ol the llill city. Five
bridges were washed away in the
vicinity of Rome, while several
houses, among which was a store,
were carried away. The loss in
Floyd county aud Rome reaches
from >250,000 to |300,00a This
gives an estimate of what the
late rains have done to city and
county property only; and the
loss in injury of farming lands is
absolutely incalculable. No such
deluge has visited the country'
within the memory of the past
generation, and we hope not in
the one to come.
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The Woman Question,
The following essay was read
by Prof Ledbetter at the Social
Club last Friday evening, and by
request of the Club it is hereby
published:
Every day the world moves ;
•very day something new is
btoughl forward. Great revolu
tions are taking place in tbe
physical and moral universe. The
habits of our fathers are not our
habits; their thoughts are not
ourjthoughts. Alas! for us, some
times, lhat they are not. Gener
ally speaking, however, the rev
olutions and changes are for the
better. The new things and
ideas we have adopted in lieu
of those of out fathers, are, at a
ml**, sn improvement iijoi, the 1
past; and they certainly ought In
be in every iiislunc**, |„r we have
all Ihe light lbe v possessed, and
in addition iheir • Xperience amt
discoveries.
file simple fact, liOA'ever, Ilia!
these changes are lor I It- I •** 1 1, r
gem-rally, is apt lo mislead us j
w hen a change not for >he bet
ter is proposed for adopt ion. We I
require the habil, I might say, m
accepting new things, and do so
often wiiiiuitl investigating then i
expediency. There was never a
truer thing said tnan that, "all
changes are not for the beliur,’
aud changes only lor ihe belter
should he adopted. We should
investigate thoroughly every
proposed change before either
adopting or rejecting n ; lor we
are not competent lo decide any
thing withooi a thoio.igh under
standing ol it, aud this cannot be
bad without investigation, ihe
most prolound and searching.
There is a so-called reform now
agiialing ihe minds ol American
ptople. (and which seems lo be
destined to b_* accepted.) giving
to woman the ballot. The North
lias almost succumbed to (lie
pressure brought lo bear by a
comparatively lev/ women win*
are clamorous for this privilege;
and it is coining Soul Ii wiib tre
mendous momentum. Tne ad
vocates are using every argil
ment that can be brought to
bear. They accuse the oppo
nents of Ihe measure of being
prompted by selfish and ambi
tious motives ; by a spirit of per
secution— a desire to keep wo
man subordinate. Like the ar
gument ol persecution ever does,
it is proving an effectual argu
ment. I, for one, have no ;a
tience witli this mere quibble—a
dodging ol the question.
it is an attempt to divert at
lontion from the main points at
issue. Neither have l any sym
pathy with the idea of some op
ponents of the measure, which
possibly grves siane pretext lor
tbe tacftusaUon, viz: Tliqt
inen are incapacitated mentally
to discharge the duties incum
bent. upon office holders. I cer
tainly believe she is man’s equal
mentally, (all hough her capaci
ties point in a different direction)
ami his superior spiritually and
morally, l’he latter I will ex
plain. Man and woman are cre
ated with a predisposition to
,sin and immorality equal in each,
with a possible difference in abd
ity to resist temptation in man’s
lavor, (Mother Eve for example);
but politics aud other things
which come from man’s connec
tion with man, giving him a bet
ter opportunity of displaying his
evil tendencies by subjecting him
to peculiar temptations, lie has
fallen lar below the level of wo
man in moral and spiritual at
tainments. No; my argument
against the measure will be bas
ed upon a higher plane of reason
ing, viz: Expediency and means
lo an end.
Il is hardly necessary to go
back and notice the history ol
this movement in detail; but a
brief outline of its “rise and pro
gress” would itoL be out of place
here.
The world’s great anti-Slavery
Convention was held, in London
in June, 1840, lo which delegates
irom ail the organized societies ol
the worid were invited. The ere
deulials of several American fe
male del grles were presented,
and an exhaustive discussion ot
Ihe question ol iheir admittance
to seats in the convention (ol
io wed. They were denied ad
mittance ; ani determined to
hoid conventionsaf.er theirreturn
lo the United States and assert
their lights as citizens in the
broadest sense ot the term. The
first convention demanding suf
frage for woman was held al Sen
ecca Falls, New York, in July
1848, at which lime they adopted
resolutions demanding that wo
man Uvallowed “all the rights
and immunities of male citizens,
and declaring in emplianic ac
cents, lhat they would leave im
•lone unturned to accomplish
their desired end—would employ
agents, publish tracts, petition
national and state legislatures,
and continue Dll their requests
were granted. The Hist Nation
al Contention was h**i*l i W r
cheater, Mass, in ISSO. wi i h had
lit** support and encouragement
ol many leading m**n of ihe Re
public, ueli as Gerritt South,
J*diua R. Guiding*. Ralph Waldo
Emerson, J, (}. Whiitnr. Tlieo
tore i*ark*-r, Wendaii Pnillip,
Hoi ace Gieeiy and il. W. Be tell
er.
( Continued,)
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular.correspondent.
Who three members ol the
Cabinet and the President's el
liciout private secretary sick;
lhe I’resident anxious about fus
own physical condition, occasion
ed by oyer work and lack ol ex
ercise ; a lamily quarrel in ihe
•'Senate between brothers L->an
and feller; a ferocious a -bugit
upon each other in the House by
iwo Congressmen from Tennes
see, Messrs iiouk and McMillan ;
treasurer Jordan and (Senator
Vance condemning the Civil
■Service law; confirmations in the
Senate in spite of adveise re
ports, from committees and with
till particulars made to the pub
lic ol the oroceedings of the se
cret sessions of the Senate Star-
Chamber, to say nothing of the
Spring floods and labor strikes, it
would seem lhat Hie "times art
out of joint.”
liie fight lor the Republican
nomination of 1888 lias opened
early in the season and not un
der aliogelher balmy auspices.
At last Senator Logan’s Presi
dential ‘boom’’ lias proved a very
uncomfortable thing lor him to
conduct personally. Senators
Edmunds, Evarls, Hoar, Sher
man, Allison and the rest man
age llieirs with less friction.
Senaloi Logan insinuated thai
Senator Hale’s opposition to his
bill 10 increase tbe army was in
spired by a certain historian, who
lias spent the winter m Maine
wining on Ins book, and alter
nating Ins literary labors wiiK to
bogganning, ice ooaling aiulWti
er bealihiul re*.realioiis. Lejgun
spoke railier acrimoniously, ami
tne admirers ol Mr. Biaine tie
tiTuiined to get even with him.
They undertook to show that Lo
gan wants the army increased so
that it may he used to pul down
labor strikes, and that he wants
the pay ol ill* soldier increased
while he will do uofhmg lor the
working man.
Mr. Tiller’s remark that Logan
would never permit the public
to forget that be (Logan; ban
served iti.lhe army, slung the
latter actually. Logan said if.the
remark had lo come from a cop
perhead he would have under
stood it, but no confederate on
tbe opposite side ol ihe Chamber
would insinuate iu such a low,
mean, despicable wav as that.
He denied having any Presiden
tial aspirations; added tnat lie
did not pretend to be a statesman
simply because he had served in
the Cabinet. Mr. Logan, at last
made a good point in bis remark
when he said, *‘l am not a states
man.” Such argument was un
answerable.
The house of Represenlives
has been on a strike, inasmuch as
it has beeti trying to solves the
great labor and capital probSem.
There has been au interesting de
bate upon the settlement ot
strikes by arbitration. Tne caus
es, effects, and remedies were
discussed and criticisms and
warnings were freely given.
Senator Vance took “party” as
lire text tor a speech which he
delivered in the Senate against
the Civil Service law. He avow
ed iumsell a party-man in its
most comprehensive seuse. He
believed Ihe salety and welfare
of American institutions Gay in
party reeling and aLegiance, and
tie criticised tire Civil Service
act as an invasion ot the Presi
dent's powers. For want of po
litical parlies, he said, Russia had
Nihilism, France slept on com
munistic tires, and Germany had
*0 maintain enormous arjuiei*.
He Uni not see why a G*>t< fo
ment clerk should be endowed
with tflicial immortality any
more than the President, or the
S nators and Representatives.
Speaking ol tire sick Cabinet
officers, ihe ultimate recovery of]
Secretary M tuning is still a in li
ter of doubt. Hit Irieibli* are en
couraged only by ihe fact tirit
he becomes no worse. Bong ic
alricled lo a diet of milk a.v*
heel lea, the patient vtondei*.
wuy they do not give Inm hoiiih
thiug solid lo build upon. A
physician who was discussing the
condition o* Ihe disl ingui>lie*l pa
tient said, *‘lhe trouble with
these men is that they simply
work wi h their Ireads ; it they
do not lake more exercise, (here
is danger of latul consequences.
Death Dealing Darts.
THE RAVAGES OF A TERRI
BLE CURSE.
That Claims its Victims by the
Thousands —The Horrors Un
earthed Amonq a Few of the
Unfortunates of Atlanta, the
Home of the Eatent Medicine
Man.
Atlanta Constitution:
Atlanta, although in many respects re
jranteci as a healthy city, is not unlike all
oibor inhabitable portions of the earth, in
claiming her share of victims ot‘ the mon
arch ol all dreaded ailments—blood pois
on. A Constitution man was delegated
to investigate some of the most notable
cases in Atlanta,and in bis rounds made
the fallowing appaliug discoveries:
Miss Chapman interviewed.
“My name is Mary Chapman.and I live
at the corner of Williams and Cox str’ts.
1 have been a d.ieadful sufferer from
scrofula and running, eating scrofulous
ulceis for six years. Have been waited
upon during the time by seven Atlanta
physicians, also used various advertised
remedies without the least benefit. The
eating on my neck were a mass of cor
ruptidn almost down to the bones. My
throat became so much affectec' that I
could scarcely swallow, mv food lodging
in a portion of my throat. I was i educed
to 90 pounds weight—being a mere skele
ton. In this condition 1 commenced tna
use of 15. 15. 15. and found great relief in
the first bottole.
"When I had used live bottles my
health had so much improved that the
ulcers had all healed, the swelling sub
sided, iny appetite returned, my skin be
came active, my strength returned and 1
gained -14 pounds of flesh. lam now fat,
healthy and hearty, and I Sm able to do
as much work as any woman, and feel as
happy as a lark,"
Miss Wallace Questioned.
Miss Minnie Wallace resides with Mrs.
George Fickland. 41 McAfee street, and
from her own lips the renorter learned
the following appaliug story i <
Several months ago she became almost
.fatally blind and deaf. Iloi bones be
came the seat of intense pain, her joints
were swollen and painful,and eventually
her whole body and limbs became cover
ed with splotches and small soros. Her
appetite tailed, and she gradually fast
flesh and strength, anil had but little use
of herself, as her limbs and muscles were
paralyzed.
To the reporter she said: -I had lilood
poison and rheumatism and before one
bottle of B. B. B. had been taken, I be
gan to see and hear. When 1 had com
pleted the use of six bottles mv eyesight
and bearing was fully restored, sense of
taste returned,all splotches disappt a red
sorents* healed aud my strength aud
health restored.”
Send to Blood Balm Oo„ Atlanta. Ga.,
for their Book of Wonders, 'free.
FAR ft FOB SALE !!
I desire to sell the farm of mine loeat
ed on Mouutaintovvn about 7 miles
north of Eilijay aim two miles from the
Turn Pike road, consisting of 400 acres,
75 acres cleared and 50 acres of good
bottom land, on which is situated a shoal
of ‘.he best water-power in Gilmer county •
good orchard, common dwelling house,
with good out houses and anew barn. For
further particulars call on or sddress,
P. P. Gabroj.l, Sr ,
Mountaiutovvn, Ga.
"CENTRAL HOTEL!
Eilijay, Georgia.
Is the special popular resort for com
mercial men and tourists of all kind,
and is the general house for prompt at
tention, elegant rooms and fare second
to none, in this place. Reasonable
rates.
Mrs. M. V. Teem will give her per
sonal attention to guests in the dining
hall. 4 1 1 y
DUCKETT & DUNN
All K RE ADY
To do any kind of CARPEN I 'ER work
in best of style and at ones, or LUMBER
on shoit notice is furnished by us. YYe
have two Saw Mills, Plaining Mill, etc.,
which enable us to do work as rapidly and
on as short notice as any other carpenters
in the country. The personal attention of
J. >V. Duckett given to such contracts.
Call on or address,
DUCKETT & DUNN,
Ellijay, Ga.
GEORGIA—GILMER Connty.
Will be sold before tbe court house
door, in said county, on the first Tues
day in May, 18S6, witbii the leg 1
hours * f sale, all the right, title and
lutere t o A. S. Weaver in aud to the
following lots of land to-wit : Nos 26
and 15 iu the 6th district and" first sec
tion of said county; also 131, 164 and
199 in the 6th district and 2nd section
of said county Levied on as the prop
erty of A. S Weaver to atisfy a supe
rior court fi fi,. issued f:out Gilmer
superior court, in favor of C. Aultinan
A; Co.,for tlie use of Trammell Starr
vs. B. B. \ uudegriff. Levy made this
the 30th day of March, 1880
H. M Bramlett, Sheriff.
t 1 $1.82
GEWIU SlA —' J timer Coun v.
\\ ill lie sold hefere the court house
door, of raid county, on the first Tues
day in My, Ibetween the legal
hours o' sale, the following property,
to wit : All the right, title and merest
of James A. Kimnions n and o lot of
land No 2d9_in the 6th district’ and
2nd section * f aid connty ; it being
40 acres on the west end "of said lot.
Levied on as the property of James A
K million- to satisfy a justice court fi.
fa , issued from the 932nd distric , '•*.
M ,in favor of M. V Teeui vs James
A Kminions. Property pointed out
by plaintiff Levy mad-* and returned
'•> uie by John Mnlkey, L C , the 9th
day of January, 1886. This March
the 31st, 1886. 11. M. Bramlett,
4 1 .f415. / Sheriff.
JOHN F. STRATTON,
49 Maiden Lank, New York.
Importers, Manufacturers and
WHOLESALE DEALER IX ALL KINDS OF
Miisical Met'ckcuidise ,
Musical Boxes,
Band Instruments.
Stratton’s Celebrated Russian
Gut Violin Strings,
THE CELEBRATED
Manufactured by John F. Stratton.
Johx F. Stratton*s
CELEBRATED
■<W
BRASS BARD INSTRUMENTS.
ALSO
John F. Stiza ttox’s
Sold Trumpet Accordeoas.
The handsomest Accordeou in the
Market.
JOHN F. STRATTON’S
r IT.. „ Piccolo Accordoons.
J OIIG F. STRATTON’S
Harp.'Guitars, Etc.
John F, Stratton,
49MAIDEN LANE,
NEW YORK.
3 25 ly.
GK KGtA— GILMER pOUNTIL
Nancy I\ Chaj man, widow oi Henson
Chapman, late of said county deceased,
has applied to the undersigned for a
twelve months support for herself and
her minor child, John. M. Chapman in
tiue form, aud the appraisers having
made return as required by law. and it
is therefore ordered that al! persons
conceined will show cause, if any tiiev
can, why, at the May term, 188(5, ol i hiV
court, tne i eluru of the appraisers should
not be made the judgment ot the court.
H ilucss my l.aot* sud official signature
this March the KiHi. 188 b. J. c. Hen,
o is ot. tpr ty* sy.(jo.) Ordinary.
GEOIIGIA—FANNIN CI.LLVTV.
Ltiza A, Fanner, as widow of Hanson
A. Farmer, late ofsaidceuntv deceased,
has in due form i'.:ade application for a
iwoive months support out of the estate
ot said decease t and the appi ai-.ere buv
ing made return as required by law amt
it is therefore ordered that alt persons
concerned show cause, if any they can,
w hj, iit the May term, issti, of this court,
the r- turn ot ihe said appraiser should
not he made the judgment of the co-m s.
Witness iny haim and official signature,
l.iis March Id, 18SU. James Withrow.
3 18 ot. p I Uruiuary.
GEORGIA— PICKENS CuUNTY.
r To al whom it may concern: 11.
V K* Hey ha< applied to the uuder
sigued in dun form for permanent let,
ters of administration on the estate of
Cathrine C. jV! orri.-on, late of said
county deceased; this is therefore to
cite all persons concerned to show cause
if "uy they can, why the prayer of
said positioner shou and not be granted
on the first Monday in May, 1886
1 Lis the Pith clay of March, 188-6
E HOOD, Ordinary.
3 18. prs fee $3.00.
GEORGIA—GiImer County.
VV ill be sold before th court house
door, in said county, on tbe first Tues
day n May, 1886, with n the legal
houis of sale, the following parcel of
laud: SO acres- more or less, original
and conditional boundry dues as fol
lows.- Beginning at the original south
east corner of lot of land No. 220 in
the 6th uis rictand 2nd section of said
county, theuc- north to the original
line eighty rods more or hss to the
main ridge that runs in a east and we-t
--direction, thence west of said richm to
near the middle of s id lot on the top
of the mam ridge that runs in a south
east direction, ilenee sad ridge in a
south-easi direction to the Original
south line, thence east to the original
line to the beginning. Said laud lev
ied on as the property of Geo. W
Heath to satisfy an execution issued
from the sup- rior conr of said cor nty
in favor ot B. B. Quillian agains' sai
Geo. W. Heath. This Mar. 2*', 1886.
H- M. Bramlett, -Sheriff,
4 1 p i $6.35.
IT WILL PAY YOU
1 1 IICI lilltp .St* <JC Ig \v*sl Oi
North-West iii wr" o trie, 1 rep
i * seiu * h-* Short ijiii
Fl). QJSH . 1J l\ a..
D li! A AthuiU.^Ua.
(l Kt K GlA—Giluier (\ unity.
Will be sold b-1* re r e c< urt house
doe r, in the ii wn of Eilijay, said coun
ty, on the first Tne-day in May 1880,
within tbe legal boor* of sale, to the
highest bidder for cash, the following
described ; ronerty, to-wit: 25 acres
more or less off of the north-w st cor
ner of 1 -t of land No. 162 in the 11th
district and 2nd section of said county ;
levied on as the property of 1* M .
Padgett to sat sfy a tax fi. fa. in favor
of G. W Ga es, T. vs. P. 11. Pad
gett, for State and County tax for the
year lsßs. Le ■ ma le and returned
to me by Lakey Elliott, L. C. Prop
erty pointed out by defeiident. Thir
March the 29th, 1886.
H. M. Bramlett. Sheriff
4 1 p f $4.85.
GEORGIA— Gilmer County.
Y 11 be so and before the court house
door, in said couuty, between ihe cgal
hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in
May, 1886, the toll wi,.g |roperty to
wit : All the right, title "and interest tf
T. J. Painter in and lot of and No.
28 in the 26th district and 2nd scetion
of said county it being ten teres more
or ess, on which a grist mill is new lo
cated. Levied on as the property of
I, -J. P inter to satisfy a su,. rior court
fi. fa., F.*>m 1 1 ilmer snt erior court, in
favor of Pigue, Mai nor ct Cos. vs i. J.
Painter, A. A. Duckett and A. H.
Duckett. Levy nmde tins the 30th
e ay ot March, Property point
ed out by one of the defender:ts.
11. 31. Bramlett, fchcriff.
4 1 $4.80.
TO THE
Milling' Public
f|3HE undersigned takes pleasure in ir
lorming ail who contemplate building
or repairing Mills, in tin; i x .t ami , K <
dura Ic siy:c, that it wiii lie to their lies
interest lo esmsiiit him before c-iiipU.-vin'*
or closing contracts with cn-liefs. Besides
being tally prepared, after years of study
and practice, to do all kinds of Mill work
in the best workman-like manner, lam
fci far aii Mrs of Ml Kaciita
of tliemost improved patterns, and
antce to sell t hem at Manufacturers’' ana
Importeis’ prices, including Uie cek-i.raica
BOOKAOr.Lt iSJJIXJ H j 'Vd.i
Lbffcl DonMe Turbina Water Wiioei
French Burr Btones, Eureka Smuttiqg
.Machines, etc. Also,
Eo Fan Winkle & Co’s
SAW MILLS, MILL SPINDLES,
SHAFTING, GEARING, ETC.
In short, anything in ihe line of Mil
Machinery.
Now, if you want anything in iny lint
J promise satisfaction in woikmsuiship and
price. Call on or address
J W. DUGKETT.
Mill Contractor.
Dec. 29-ly. EI.LIAY, CA
HXH JACKS.
My three fine Jacks will stand at
fay stab cs in E lijay, Ga, from 31arch
10 to June 10, 1886, and some on©
will be there every day during the sea
son to attend to them. Terms £5.00.
payable when the mare is known to be
w tli foal, traded or taken out o Gil-,
mer county Responsible for no ac
cidents. Parties who commence to
patronize these Jacks are exf.ee ed to
continue to do so during the semen, if
necessary. Owirg <o the demand for
these Jacks at home, they wil al bo
kept here during the sc son. For full
portion a s see my circular. I buy
grass seed for my patrons at wholesale
cost and send the U cekly Constitution
for one dollar a year. Respectfully,
T. Id. Tabor
W TOW JUiH
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