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The OGLETHORPE ECHO
By W. A. SHACKELFORD.
The Oglethorpe Echo.
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B. CHEDEL,
Surgeon Dentist,
Lexington, Ga.
TIT ILL, on request of parents, take pleasure in
V T advising in regard to first and second den¬
tition of children free of charge.
J. W. ECHOLS,
Attorney at Law,
Lexington, Ga.
i \FFICEin Court-house. Will practice in all
" f the counties of the Northern and in the
counties of Clarke and Oconee in the Western
Circuit. sep23
W. M. HOWARD,
Attorney at Law (
Lexington, Ga.
^'vF t'ICK in the oM Willingham office, near the
VI livery stable. Will attend all Courts.
Attorney- at-LaWj,
Lexington, Ga.
TTTILL V practice in all the Courts. Office just
▼ hack of the brick store.
H. M’WHORTER.
Attorney at
I .exixig-ton, Ga.
/"vFFrCE m old bank building, next to hotel.
Will practice in civil and criminal courts.
J. T. OLIVE,
Attorney at Daw?
LEXINGTON. GEORGIA.
QFEICE ill the old bank building, up-stairs,
mm & GRANT,
Insurance Agents,
REPRESENT THE
German American, Lancashire,
London A,
Georgia Home, Royal, First
queen and other
Class Insurance Co.s
Rates reasonable. Farm property and dwell
ngs a specialty.
r.r'uir'ira r n-M j; 1 Cor. Broad and Thomas Sts., and
u] >. s t a i rs cor. Thomas & Clayton sts,
aprc-iy Athens, Ga.
J. FR.IE3ND,
MERCHANT TAILOR
-AND
Leader of Fashions.
jUTAVING all the leading gentlemen in this sec
JLl tion of the country for patrons, have made
many suits for them and never failed to give per¬
fect fit. Clothing made in the most stylish and
durable manner. Gentlemen are invited to call
and examine the finest assortment of the most
stylish fall goods that have ever been offered in
this city. Respectfully, J. FRIEND,
o!2 ly College Ave., near Broad St., Athens.
HORSES AND MULES.
npHE JL undersigned has just received a large
number of
MUSTANG PONIES.
at his Sale Stables on Thomas Street, large Athens, ol
Ga., and will continue All to stock keep guaranteed a stock
horses and mules. as rep¬
resented. Special inducements to dealers.
W. S. HOLMAN.
Notice to Debtors.
X>EING compelled to settle up the business of
13 the old mercantile firm of Smith & Willing¬
ham, all parties indebted to them, unless they
come forward and settle by the 1st of November,
will find their accounts in the hands of an offi¬
cer. We mean what we sav. Respectfully,
G. W. SMITH,
R. J. WILLINGHAM.
EARS FOR THE MILLION.
Foo Choo’s BaUam of Shark’s Oil.
Positively Absolute Restores the for Hearing, Deafness and Known. is the
Only Cure
The Oil is abstracted from peculiar the Yello sp< ecies of
small White Shark, caught in w Sea,
known as Carcharodo.v Rondeletil Every
Chinese fisherman knows it. Its virtues as a re¬
storative of hearing the were discovered Its by a Bud¬
dhist Priest about year 1410. cures were
so numerous and many so seemingly miraculous,
that the remedy was Its officially proclaimed universal over
the entire Empire. use became so
that for over 300 years no Deafness has existed
amoug the Chinese address people. $1.00 Sent, bottle. charges pre
paid, to any at per
Hear W hat the Deaf Say!
It has performed a miracle in nay case.
I have no unearthly noises in my head and hear
much better.
I have been greatly helped benefited. deal—think anoth*
Mv deafness a great
er bottle will cure me.
testify, both from experience and observation.
Write at once to Haylock & Jentjet, 7 Dev
Street, New York, enclosing $1.00, and you will
receive by return a remedy that will enable you
to hear like anybody else, and whose curative
effects will be permanent. You will never regret
doing so.”— Editor of Mercaitiile Review.
Wfoa void loss in mails, please send money
bv registered letter.
onlr imported by HAYLOCK A
rteAKents for America. 7 DrySt, Sew York
LEXINGTON, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1883.
Martin Institute.
The exercises of this institution, situated at
Jefferson, Jackson county, 10th, Ga., will under begin
control Wednesday, January 1883, and Rev. the J.
of Prof. W. S. McCarty
C. Grow.
TUITION.
1st 2nd Grade, “ per annum....................,..$15.00
“ *• 20.00
........................
3rd “ “ “ 30.00
........................
Music, per month............................... 3.00
Spring Term is 26 weeks; Fall Term, 14
weeks.
The dividend arising from the Martin En¬
dowment of $15,000, invested in Ga. R. R.
is confined to resident pupils of Jackson coun¬
ty, and has secured to the institution a per¬
manency, dignity,competency and a thorough¬
ness institutions. in its departments Many families enjoyed have by moved but few
to
Jefferson to avail themselves of this dividend
and the superior educational advantages of a
first class institution. Board can be had at
fram $6.50 to $12 yer month. Arrangementa
can be made to accommodate hoarders at about
the cost of living at home. For further par¬
ticulars apply to J. E. RANDOLPH,
jan-4-6t. Sec’y Trustees.
$500 REWARD.
F TpIVE who hundred will get up dollars a better reward Liniment to anyone for
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Burns, Cuts, Stiff
Joints, Sprains, Bruises, Stings of Poisonous
Insects, Toothache, etc. The money will be
returned to any one not satisfied after using
a bottle of the Turkish Liniament. For
Scratches, Sweeney, Windgalls, Fistula Sore Back, Stiff Joints where
and in all cases
Liniments are used on horses, it is unsur
passed. rubber Every bottle is stopped with an in
dia stopper to prevent loss of strengh
For sale by Druggists generally. Preuar
50 by Dr. E. S. bottle. LYNDON, Athens, Ga. Price
cents per
For sale by Dr. M. G. LITTLE, Crawford.
JOSEPHJACOBS
Proprietor of Jacobs’ Pharmacy
WHOLESALE DRUGGIST,
-and
MANUFACTURING CHEMIST,
—DEALER IN
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Patent
Medicines, Perfumery, etc.,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
THE “CONSTITUTION ? 9
FOR 1882 3.
Is better equipped in every sense than ever bc
lore to maintain its position
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Address THE CONSTITUTION,
Atlanta, Ga.
Georgia Railroad Company.
OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER, \
/COMMENCING AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 16,1882 5
lowing SUNDAY, 8th inst., the fol
passenger schedule will be operated
on this road:
FAST LINE.
NO. 27, WEST DAILY. NO. 28, EAST DAILY.
Lv. Augusta... .7:25 a m Lv. Atlanta.. ..2:50 p m
Lv. Athens.....7:03 a m Ar, Lexington.7 ;G5 p m
At. Lexington..7:59 a ta Ar. Athens....8:00 p m
Ar. Atlanta... .12:50p m Ar. Augasta.. .8:20 p m
REGULAR TRAIN.
LEAVE Athens....... 9.05 a m 3.10 p m
Leave Wintervillc.... 9.47 “ 3.37 44
Leave Lexington..... .10.30 44 4.06 44
Leave Antioch........ . 11.01 44 4.24 44
Leave Woodville...... Maxeys......... .11.17 44 4.33 44
Leave .11.52 pm 4.56 44
ARRIVE Union Point. .12.10 p m 5. lO 44
Arrive Atlanta....... 5.55 44 6.40 a m
Arrive Washington... Milledgeville.. 2.55 44
Arrive 4.49 44
Arrive Macon......... 6.45 44
Arrive Augusta....... 3.55 44 6.20 a m
LEAVE Augusta...... . 9.00 am 9.00 p in
Leave Macon.......... . 7.05 44
Leave Washington.... Milledgeville... . 9.10 44
Leave . 11.20 44
Leave Atlanta........ . 8.20 44 8.45 p m
Leave Union Paint.... . 2.00 pm 9.50 a m
LEAVE Woodville..,. . 2.23 44 10.05 44
Leave Autioch........ Maxeys......... . 2.56 44 10.37 10.28 44
Leave . 3.09 44 44
Leave Winterville..... Lexington...... . 3.37 44 10.56 44
Leave . 4.24 44 11.24 44
Arrive Athens........ . 5.00 44 11.50 44
Trains run daily. Close connection daily to or from
Washington on Sundays. Double mail. connec¬
tions to and from Athens bv fast
JOHN W. GREEN, Superintendent.
E. R. Dorsey, Gen. Pass. Agent.
MONEY LOANS
TTTILL VV be negotiated on five years’ time on by im- la
B. Nelson, proved of Atlanta, farms in Ga., Oglethorpe in county of $300 ami
sums
upwards. Application must be made through
me. I have sent on several applications and
have not foiled togetthejmoneyon any yet made.
All can obtain it whe have lands of proper value
and ’ good titles. All desiring me to make their
app lication for them would do well to call on
me back as soon far as convenient, with their it title takes paperB
time as as they have them, examinations, as gome
to prepare papers, make etc.
If vou want the money and have proper landed
security I can tell you how to succeed. If your
land is mortgaged, or a balance of purchase mon¬
ey is still due. or there be an execution against
you that troubles you, come and see me and I
may relieve your trouble bv helping you to get
the deew-tf money. J. f. OLIVE,
Lexington, Ca.
DAVIS & HARRIS,
TONSORAL ARTISTS
ATHENS. 6KOR6IA,
I PAVING recently moved into their large and
II nicelv arranged shop in the Commercial
Hotel Building, near the corner of Broad street
and College avenue, respectfully invite the citi
zens of Oglethorpe to call stylilh »m them when they
want a clean shave or a hair-cut.
for Sale or Exchange.
I hare a beautiful vacant lot within 100 yards
of the Depot at Decatur, and fronting two public
streets, worth $1,500, and a lot abjoining of x an
acre with a two-roomed frame house, fruit and
shade trees, well, &c., worth $600, which I offer
to exchange one or both for framing lands, or
first-class town property, in Newton, Walton,
Morgan, Greene or Oglethon>e counties on favor
able terms. This proi*erty is strictly Gilt Edge,
on or ad<lre», E. M. WORD, Decatur, G*.
DARBYS
PROPHYLACTIC
FLUID.
A Household Article tor Universal
Family Use.
For Scarlet and
■ Eradicates ■ Typhoid Fevers,
| Diphtheria, Sali¬
MALABIA. | Sore vation, Throat, Ulcerated Small
Pox, Measles, and
all Contagious Diseases. Persons waiting on
the Sick should use it freely. Scarlet Fever has
never been known to spread where the Fluid wa»
used. Yellow Fever has been cured with it after
. black vomit had taken place, The worst
cases of to it.
Fevered and Sick Per
sons refreshed and
Bed Sores prevent¬
ed by bathing with
Darbys Fluid. Air made
Impure harmless and purified.
For Sore Throat it is a
sure cure.
Contagion destroyed.
For Frosted Feet,
Chilblains, Piles,
Chafings, etc. cured.
Rheumatism
Soft White Complex¬
ions secured prevented. by its use.
Ship purity Fever the Breath,
To
Cleanse the Teeth,
it can't be surpassed.
Catarrh relieved and
cured.
Erysipelas cured.
Burns prevented. relieved instantly.
Scars
Dysentery cured.
Wounds healed rapidly.
Scurvy cured.
An Antidote for Animnl
or Vegetable Poisons,
Stings, 1 the etc. Fluid
used during
our present affliction with
Scarlet Fever with de¬
cided advantage. It is
indispensable Wm. to F. the Sand- sick¬
room. —
ford, Eyrie, Ala.
Scarlet Fever
Cured.
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
I testify to the most excellent qualities of Prof.
Darbys Prophylactic it is both Fluid. As a disinfectant and
detergent theoretically and practically
quainted.—N. superior to any preparation Lupton, with which I am ac¬
T. Prof. Chemistry.
Hon. Darbys Fluid is Recommended by
Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia;
Rev. Chas. F. Deems, D.D., Church of the
Strangers, N. Y.;
Jos, Rev. LbContk, A. J. Columbia, Prof.,University,S.C.
Rev. Geo. F. Battle, Pierce, Prof., Mercer University;
Bishop M. E. Church.
INDISPENSABLE TO EVERY HOME.
Perfectly harmless. Used internally or
The Fluid externally has been for Man or Beast.
have abundant evidence thoroughly that has done tested, and we
it everything
here claimed. For fuller information get of your
Druggist a pamphlet or send to the proprietors,
J. H. ZEILIN & CO.,
Manufacturing Chemists, PHILADELPHIA.
-AT
The Music House of the South
PIANOS, ORGANS,
Musical Instruments.
G.H.U.-E.I.OJ.-L.P.Q.S
An extended visit among the prin¬
cipal Pxano and Organ Factories
has enabled us to make the finest se¬
lections of Instruments ever brought
to Augusta. Stock, which
Our will be replen¬
ished weekly will be from the best Manufac¬
turers, the largest and most
complete in the South.
Our prices the lowest, and terms of
payment the easiest ever offered.
Sheet, Music and Music Books —
large discount from publisher’s prices
Best Italian Strings and everything
desired in the line of Music.
Save money by visiting or corresponding with
G. 0. ROBINSON & CO.
Special IVotice.
TT'ROM this date the services of Mr. C. II. Tay
X 1 lor, as Tuner and repairer for us. terminates.
All orders for same will receive the prompt at¬
tention of Mr. T. Harry Oates, who guarantees
entire satisfaction. G. O. ROBINSON & CO.
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 3,1882.
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■ i: !•**•>:<. fnj til. rUnHioriB, prices, accurate
’.o’-’: and Valuable directions for planting
• Jti'-s of Vegetable nnd Flower Seeds,
! r : Trf.es, '’to. In valuable to all, e»]>ec
' (-hxrdev.e-VB. Fend for it!
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p \JT EORGIA, Oglethorpe county.—A nplica
tion for letters of Dismission.—Whereas,
8. Phillip Stewart, G. Stewart, dec’d, applies administrator on estate of of Dis¬ A.
to me for letters
mission from said estate: These are, therefore,
to cite and admonish all persons interested
to show cause, if any they can, why said letters
should not be grant to said Phillip G. Stewart on
the first Monday in May, 1883. Given under my
hand and official signature this 3ist day of Janu¬
ary, 1883. THOS. D. GIIJIAM, Ordinary.
pi EORGIA, Oglethorpe Administration.—Wh colnty—A npl lica
YJf tion for Letters of ere
as, of administration W. A. Shackelford on applies the estate to me of for Harrah letters B.
Shackelford, dec’d: These are therefore, to cite
and admonish all persons interested to show
cause, if any they can, why said letters should
not be granted to said W. A. Shackelford on the
first Monday in March, 1883. Given under my
hand and official signature this 5th day of Febru¬
ary, 1883. THOS. V. GILHAM, Ordinary.
OTATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE COUNTY.
O —Application for Letters of Administration.
.—Whereas, Maggie E. Am strong apples to ine
for Letters of Aarainistratson on the State of
Joseph Armstrong, dec’d: These are, therefore,
to cite and admonish all persons interested to
show cause why said letters should not be gran t
ed on the first Monday in March, 1883. This,
Jan. 30,1883, THOS. I). GILHAM, Ordinary.
/-I EORGIA, Oglethorpe cocxTV—AnpUca
liam Mathews, from oec’d. applies to me tor letter,
of dismission sakl estate; These arc, there
should not be srranted to said John T. England
on the first Monday in May, 1883. Given under
IT r±FX>RGlA tion for Letters Oor-BTHORPT. of Adraimstration. Gor-xy—Applica- — where
as, John T. England applies to roc for Letters of
Administration on tbe estate of Booaer McEJroy. aud
colored, dec’d: These are, therefore, to cite
admonish all persons interested^ to show cause,
if HU y they can, why said letters should not be
gran ted to said John T. f nglnnd on the fi«t
Monday in
SMALL-POX
and
PITTING of Small
Pox PREVENTED
A member of my fam¬
Sma\i-pox. ily was taken I used with the
Fluid ; the patient was
not delirious, was not
pitted, house and was about
the again in three
weeks, and no others
had it. — J. W. Park¬
inson, Philadelphia.
Diphtheria
Prevented.
The physicians here
successfully use Darbys in Fluid the treat¬ very
ment of Diphtheria.
A. Stollknwrrck,
Greensboro, Ala.
Tetter dried up.
Cholera preve nted.
Ulcerf* purifie d and
healed.
In cases of Death it
should be used about
the corpse — it will
prevent smell. any unpleas¬
ant
The eminent Phy¬
sician, J. MARION
SIMS, M. D. t New
York, convinced says: “I am
Prophylactic Prof. Fluid Darbys is
a
valuable disinfectant."
FIEND IN FETTERS.
The Yahoo Invades One of the I.ending Ex¬
ponents of tbe Civilization of the Age, in
Which Adventure He Dooms His Own Seal
and Winds Up His Romantic Career.
[Post Appeal.]
Startling intelligence was received
last night from Cartarsville giving the
details of the capture and incarceration
of tbe demoniac yahoo whose paneful
presence has been a source of alarm and
terror to the inhabitants of tha Stale
living along the line of tbe W. & A. R.
R. The ferocious savage after paralyz¬
ing the bravest bloods of Acworth on
Monday as detailed in these columns,
passed on unmolested towards the hy¬
perborean North. He was next heard
from at Chicamauga where he desecra¬
ted that far famed field of battle by de¬
vouring the putrid carcass of a dead
dog that had been killed about a week
preceding. The inhabitants of that
classic region, though a brave people,
were not prepared to tackle the mons¬
ter without a direct and peremptory
order from the government, and the
fiend in consequence ranged around
the at bis own sweet will.
After devouring the dead dog the yahoo
turned his attention to a forest of fine
persimmons, a fruit that finely flourishes
in thatsection, but upon eating one lie
left tbe spot, apparently disgusted with
their flavor, and proceeded to discuss
the merits of a decomposed buzzard,
whose feathered frame lay rotting by
the road side. The historic bird, with
its sable plumage, whs devoured in ten
minutes time, and the insatiate mons¬
ter picked his teeth with the tail bone.
Having thus feasted himself, he
squatted on his haunches, preparatory sleep.
to refreshing himself with a sweet
He remained in this position so long as
to excite the astonishment of several
persons who bad been watching his
manoeuvres from a distance, and they
were emboldened by witnessing his
harmless attitude to venture nearer.
Tw«, of the bravest of the number crept
up noiselessly to within a hundred yards
of the carrion savage, when they observ¬
ed that his eyes were closed and that ho
was apparently in deep slumber. Af¬
ter satisfying themselves upon this
point they proceeded to a critical exam¬
ination of his person and effects.
Tbe former they found to about tally
with the description of him which they
had read in the Post-Appeal. hue, His
beard, of a glittering, reddish was
about five feet two inches in lengtli and
bung in graceful neglect around bis
enormous flank, which looked to be
about eleven inches iu circumference.
The volute curveture of the found spinal
cords of his legs were to
have been accurately described. His
feet were some sixteen inches long, but
a singular phenomenon was observed
about his toes, the interstics of which
actually contained a vegetable resembling growth the
in appearance much
rag weed of our Southern clime.
When his feet were placed close togeth¬
er, they formed a unique and original
green plot, much resembling an Atlanta
park, only a little larger. The soil
that feeds this anomalous growth is well
fertilized by the odiferous moisture
emitted by those small members that
farm the extremity of the foot. Ilia
horse hide lay in repose beside him,
and near it was observed and antiquated
skillet, the contemplation of which lat¬
ter suggested the harrowing be possibility candi¬
that the strange being disguise. might a
date for Govenor in
“He evidently toteth his own skillet,” the
mused one of the men, as he eyed the
historic utensil meditatively. At
sound of his voice the Yahoo moved as
if about to awake, and they beat a
hasty retreat. returned the village and
They band to of fifty organ¬ with
ized an armed men,
the intentions of capturing the human
carrion, hut when they reached the
spot the savage had departed. 9 o’clock,
On Wednesday night, about
a freight train stopped near Chicamauga favorable
to water and wood up, which
opportunity was seized by the monster,
who lurked in the vicinity, to board
the train and get a free ride. The train
moved off with the demon on board. The
first man apprised of this fact was a
brakeroan, who was confronted so paralyzed the bivul- by
the shock when he
pian horror that he fell from the mov¬
ing train in a swoon, and has not been
seen. The whole crew of the train
within a half hour had learned ofhis
presence, and after recovering from the
paralytic shock that seized them when
he was di-covered, nine lariats, three
carbines and a pistol were brought into
requisition to effect his capture. He
was carefully tied to a brake on the top
•f a box car and placed under a guard
of two men armed with Winchester six¬
teen repeaters and orders to shoot him
on the spot or in the head if he attempt¬
ed to make his escape.
in this manner he was safely trans¬
ported to Cartersville, where the author¬
ities were informed of the hairy demon’s
capture, and requested to give him a
lodgement in the county jail. succeeded in
In an hour’s time they
placing the wild man behind the bars,
where he exhibited all the character¬
istics of a caged hyena. He was per¬
fectly nude, wearing nothing but the
historic horse hide. On his little finger
a gold ring was seen deeply imbedded
in the flesh. Several questions were
asked him but he declined to speak or
explain his identity. A mysterious
gloom surrounds his oriein, which will
probably be dissipated by the electric
light of a legal inquiry by the properly
constituted eourts of the country.
A WONDERFUL STORY.
How n Georgia Ex-Slave Hit* Become Pom
HCHM'd of H i* .">Ia*ler’» Estate.
[Constitution. 1
Yesterday a prominent citizen who
has attained a competency, and who
can afford to take life, leisurely, settled
himself into an easy chair in his office
and remarked.
“I can tell vou a «t«ry of real life that
j » full of romance. It illustrates the
truth of the old saying that truth is
tran£ypr Thf than fiction ”
reporter became attentive and
i ; the prominent K citizen proceeded: there lived in
,.j ant ;. war times
Meriwether . , county a don t care s jrt
of “e a negro Jack Wilson wh© could nei
tber „ read nor - write write, ne He had naa gamea gained his nis
freedom in some way or other, and gam-
1 e d his livelihood by acting as a sort in
of director general to famous horses
his neighborhood. Jack became attach¬
ed to a servant girl who was owned by
a man named Gates, one of the wealth¬
iest men in Georgia, who owned thou¬
sands of acres of land, and with his fam¬
ily lived in lordly style. The servant
girl was a bright mullatto and Jack was
a shade darker. They made a match of
it, and were married under the order
of things that existed in war times. At
the same time Jack had a slave time
wife in Virginia, but she was a9 black
as coal. When the war closed and the
slaves were declared free Jack took his
partner for life, and by living with her
for a stated period, she became bis wife
according to law. As soon as he was
married, Jack showed a sudden spirit of
industry that astonished everybody.
His careless habits were thrown aside
and he went to work with a will
The wealthy Gage, his fell master,
died and the broad acres to the
possession of the heirs. Jack still work¬
ed on the place, and was saving and
careful. The Gage family l£had los
everything except their land. Hunt
dreds of slaves were freed by the new
order of things, and the vast and prince¬
ly fortune was gone. The heirs could
not adapt themselves to the situation.
Finally pressed, they sold fifty acres of
land to Jack; then they wanted more
money, and Jack stood their security at
the LaGrange bank and when they were
unable to pay he would take up the
notes at hank and trade for worked ft piece with of
the Gates plantation. He
a vengeance and all his family worked.
man
ered citizen of the county. He was
industrious and prospered. In the
meantime liis old master’s children con¬
tinue to sell him parts of the old home¬
stead. Finally he owned it all and was
rich. Three years ago he decided that
it was his duty to provide for his old
Viginia wife, so he sent for her, and
she, with her children, came to him.
She was given a house on the plantation
and is well provided place for. Jack owns fifteen now
the magnificent of about of White
hundred acres in three miles
Sulphur springs in Meriwether county,
He is sixty years old, and his children
are all settled around him, and all are
contented and happy and industrious.
He owns fifteen or sixteen mules, and
is noted for keeping the best stock in
the county. His credit at the Fa
Grange bank is good, and be can bor¬
row all the money he want on his sim¬
ple note of hand.”
“How much is he worth?”
“I should say about thirty thousand
dollars, and every cent of it has been
made since the war. It is a remarkable
story of how a slave succeeds his master
in the ownership of a vast landed estate.
I passed the place a few months ago,
and the Georgia wife came to tho door
to give me a drink of water. Everything
was neat and clean about the place, the
yard was newly swept, the barns appear¬ piles of
ed filled, and in the lots I saw
manure carefully sheltered. It is a
model Jack’s plantation. place, hundred Why I hvaeseenon and eighty
a
acres of corn tinder one fence.”
“Is he educating his children?”
“Yes, although he cannot read and
write, he sees the advantage of an educa¬
tion, and is giving his children the bene¬
fit of schooling. Tin?story done is n right true here one
and shows what can be
in Georgia, by pluck and industry. The
old adage is true : “there is more in the
man than there is in the laud.”
A Bewitched Negro.
About a mile from James Forsyth by lives a
colored man, William name,
who thinks “a spell” has been put throw on
him which he finds imposible to
off. His story is about this: About
two months ago “before the circus
came,” William saw George Banks, Fori
the well known colored painter of
ayth, out near his crib. He went out
and bad a few words of conversation
with George, in which George made a
gesture toward him with his hand, ae
compared by the remark: “William,
that’s a good mule, and you ought to
fatteu him.” “Right dor,” says Wil
liam, “be tl.rowed a spell on me, I
come back to de house wid my eyes
runnin’ water, and my eyes never did
run water before.” George went off.
Next morning when William was going
to feed his mule, gs he got near the barn
door, he blind was, to use his own He language,
“struck as a bat.” went
back and told his wife of it. After he
gotso Lain, he could see a little, he went out
and on he the found ground, on little each powder, side
of the doer, a
which looked like guano. This he says
was the poison which George had put
there to bewitch him. He had heard
his old master say that the best way
to destroy tbe power of such spells was
to throw them in pile running of the water. So
he gathered up one branch “spell”
ana ran with it to a not far off,
and threw it into the water. Then he
went back for the other, and carried it
to the water on a board. When he
took it from the ground, it “smoked
like a tar kiln,” and it burned a place
on his left side just over the region of
the heart, which he says is still sore,
He also says that there is a spot in the
top of his head which burns as if it were
red-hot. He accuses Harrison Hathorn.
George Bank’s .son-in-law, of being in
league with George in the bewitching,
Sl’e .tool dFr.i.p'to/ofb s a-, ur*. Tr 1
tota l,i.
er places and put poison in them to
ariwn kfor 'cb loro tormf" dread, JW
datsort.’’ He is in great danger, think
ing that he is in mortal it he
goes out of doors, and even in the bouse
he is not exempt from the paneful influ,
! ences. George, who i- a very intelligent B
man, has assured William that he , ias
not done anything harmful to him; and
a number of white men have tried to
convince him of the absurdity of lm
notions, but it is of no avail. He knows
| he is bewitched. His wife ;«White believes it
„ strongly. She *aye: gen
tlemeas says it amt nothin. I knows
William is got a spell on him. Nobody
couldn’t make me believe be aint
old Marster from Heaven, and he
wouldn’t hardlv do it*” And so a wor
tby, industrious, thrifty colored man
has been lying up in house for two
months, the victim ofbliud superstition :A\
a nd a prey to melancholy. ^ Tf It is r ridicu rn
! ]oug, but Z-l at the Hanue time pitiable.
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VOL. IX—No. 19.
A GHOST!
Something Else Kicking up an Excitement in
Yal afloat a.
[Valdosta Times.]
For some weeks we have been hearing
rumors of mysterious rappings aud oth¬
er manifestations from an unseen source
at the old T. B. Griffin house, occupied
by Mr. J. H. Pendergrast, a jeweler liv¬
ing in our town, and we called on him a
few days ago for particulars. Hs told
us about as follows:
He is in the habit of carrying his
watches home at night for safe keeping
and one night several weeks ago he was
startled, while laying awake, at a strange
fuss, something like a rapping in the
next room. He at once thought a bur¬
glar was in the house, and rose hurried¬
ly, but found no one. The next night
he heard a similar noise somewhat near¬
er and more strange, and he was sure the
burglars were in his room and were go¬
ing to attack him. He sprang up, seized
his pistol with one hand and a match
with the other. When he had lit the
lamp no one was in the room, but just
then the door tremendously leading into an he adjacent
room jarred and shout¬
ed, “Hold on! don’t break thedoor down!
I’ll let you in iu a minute'" Butting his
actions to his words he opened the door
with one hand while he lu-ld a cocked
revolver in the other. Imagine his sur¬
prise when he found n« one in the room.
The door leading out was fastened down
as he had fixed them at night fall. He
made a search all over the
house, under the house, about the yard,
and looked for tracks, but could find no
signs of a human. The next He night a
system of taps commenced. kept
awake all night trying to ferret out the
mystery but without no avail. This thing
kept up from night to night for several
weeks. A part of the time his mother
in-law occupied occupied a himself room adjacent and wife, to and the
one by wall-four
the thing would get in the
inches thick—between the two rooms and
rap three time consecutively. Mr. P.
would cull out to know who it was—what
it was, and so on—but got no responses,
but the rap, rap, rap. Onee be asked if
it was a mason —if so give the sign in
raps. No response, lie then said, if yon
are a mason rap three times—and rap,
rap, rap, was the response. Some days
Mrs. P. and her mother would hear the
noise when they were at home alone.
One day she heard it like some one walk¬
ing overhead and it went to the head of
the stairs and started down, she went to
meet it, but when she get to the foot of
tho stairs there was nothing to be seen,
and the noise ceased.
At night frequently they would hear a
noise in the fireplace like some one break¬
ing sticks, and raanv are the other man¬
ifestations which they cannot believed explain. iu
Mr. P. says he has never
ghosts, and it was a long time before ho
could be convinced that it was not some
one trying to tob him, but now he is sat¬
isfied it is no living man—let it bo what
it may—and he is no longer disturbed.
He does not think it can or will hurt
him in any way, and when he hears it
now he turns over and goes to sleep.
This appears to bo another Hurrency
affair. It sounds very much like it. We
give it as it is given to us. The curious
may inquire further.
An Opelika Sensallnn—Two Young La¬
dles Startle the Town.
[Columbus Times.]
We learn that Opelika was on Fri
day and Friday night tlin subject to 0H1,ibl a sen
more 8ta ' «>. if P ?’
tban the t . recen t BRr ' es /> Tu"
«I»> . d , J"" rder8 , - In8 . ** ( ad of beln . K th «
work of angry men this time .t was all
c « U8ed ,‘ wo f a,r K*r!s who
must have been inspired . by Dunbars
danng to bave da even attempted Umm such Clara a
lh 'M V * r ! y JJ 1ornl "B
and **"7 Iio8 '- d ? u K bter8 of “ r -. W,1 r
I'am Boss, according to a constitutional walk,
custom left their home.to take a
Alter getting some little distance from
home, it occurred to them that if they
could get up a lit le sensation it would
>«t be too delightful for anything.’ motb
Se v, : nil bou rH r> a88<:d - a " d tbe ;
t bomo . b8Carne little at
« at a uneasy
he prolonged , absence of her daughters
but B aTe no a ! a ™ 08 she 8 ”P osed tbftt
be y wf ‘. rc 8, ’. ,ne friend8 - 1,1
tb *gening, however, she . became unea
»y of suspense, and bad inquiry made all
over town among her friends but to no
avall ‘ “Night’s deep darkness covered
the ® flr h wltb ,t8 soreness and the
mother’s suspense grew into misery,
"? to agony, i he whole of Opelika was
« lar,n « d “ nd tbe »•»" tur ,,ed out ?"
masse to search , for - the missing . girls .
Band8 w > lb bl « ,n K t orcbfiH P roceeded
to »cour the surrounding , . county. One
of the parties got on the trail of tbe
« lr ' 8 ’ mean on their track, for we
^ocertau, they wore comparatively
short dressed,) and tracked them several
f? tbe 1 ' 88 road - ‘/“W' tb V?" 8 , if ? Li’i ! 'a
'
also a man’s , Ioul piay then sugges
fed itself and the enegy of the ea c
"'creawd. The searching continue 1
until 2 a. m yesterday, when the g.rls
*ere found ten miles from Opelua at
the house of a rela.i e.
The young lad.os told the seekers ,
, heir joke, as they termed it but w
they remembered that they had old
their.motber nothing of their pedestrian
blMding t. to lb . fate of he r children
' A Hunters Story.
The Valdosta Times records the adven
«. resofa localVport whose shot is always
d <-« b th « fathered tribe. Once he
«»■ »“ f he Carolina coa.t hunting rice
birds-for game birds they are. and who
d » p » «*? I»k« btrdson toast?-when
he suddenly saw a black cloud rising in
thesoutbwes and rapidly moment-wondered spproach ng
He «wed at it a ^
der— ^ iati 11 and wa ? looked n ? * ccom around I ,ao J. for e shelter, ^ h M e
was about to start for a neg o ao .
d^nt^when^he^scover^
I' 1 ?, 1 , .”? ,® (Wt- S' riee S hirds He
K gun and . had int* ,, Ml WS3S
cartridgeH, He opened hre. « fcoon the
*ndti be moon ^p.««,
but he kept up tbefire. When
the last cartridge dark was ihat empty be could* it was still
dark, and so not see
,. his way, so l ne t fi Q nwn ftnf 0 i
out two cigars before the cloud of birds ^
missed R, over and davlight K came again f
ty on , t our cotemporary , ; please , tell t n ua t-e
number of birds killed.
Cotton Mills In the South.
IN. Y. Sun.]
We observe that certain unhappy
Pennsylvania manufacturers are bewail¬
ing the idleness of their looms conse¬
quent on the erection of numerous cote
ton mills in the South. So far from con¬
sidering this the as an unfortunate circum¬ of
stance in manufacturing interests
the North, it should bo bailed as one of
the most encouraging Bigns of the time.
With a radical change in the labor sys¬
tem of the South, it was impossible that
she should remain simply a pruducor,
and the best evidence of her full deter¬
mination to regain under new conditions
her former importance.in the markets of
the world is her effort to handle her vast
crops in the factory as well as in tbo
field. Some temporary inconveniences
may be felt in certain milling localities
in the North, but the country at largo
cannot by fail to he beneficial eventually
this new business interest in the
Southern States.
Failures in Georgia.
Rradstroet’s Budget, of week before
last, records the following list of failures
in Georgia:
Carnesville—H. C. Johnson, general
store, has failed.
general Cedartown—Huntington & Wright,
ties, $12,000; store, have assigned. Liabili¬
assets, $10,000.
Columbus—H. Strauss, general store,
has failed. J. S. Williford, saloon, has
failed.
Ducker—G. W. Haynes, general store,
has failed. He had a branch store at
Walker station.
Hamilton—J. H. Cowsert& Co., gen¬
eral store, have had a mortgaged fore¬
closed.
Roswell—J, B. Watson, general store,
has failed and sold out.
Savannah—J. G. l’ownell, stationer,
has assigned.
St. Mary’s—Fox & Burns, general
store, have failed.
Tliomaston—H. Pollock, dry goodi,
has been closed by the sheriff.
Warrenton—N. Gallaher, general
store, lias assigned. Liabilities, $33,000;
nominal assets, $30,000.
A. Lucky Farmer.
What a Georgia farmer can do is told
ns follows by the Campbell county
Nows:
Last year Mr. J. I). Ozier, of Corinth,
Mississippi, of Ozier the originator long and proprie¬
tor the staple silk cotton,
offered a premium of fire hundred dol¬
lars for the best yield of cottou (from
his seed) on three acres of ground in
this district, which embraces the states
of South Carolina, Alabama and Geor¬
gia. Mr. H. H. Collins, a promising
and well-to-do young farmer of Camp¬
bell county, in thisState, planted three
acres of Ozier long staple, and entered
the contest for the $500 premium. Mr.
Collins raised five bales from his three
acres, and the sample of his staple left
with us was as fine ns wo ever saw. On
last Thursday Mr. Cellins received the
following letter from Mr. Ozier: Cor¬
inth, Mississippi, Jan. 9, 1883. Mr. H.
H. Collins—Dear Sir: The decision
was had to-day for the $500 premium
awarded for the greatest yield of Ozier
L. 8. cotton for the states embraced in
your district, nnd the award has been
given to through your affidavit You can draw
on me your bank for tbe $500
as above.” Thus it will be seen that
Mr. Collins carried off the $500 premium,
which in addition to about $250 ler the
cotton rained, makes n rather snug sum
from three acres. We learn that Mr.
Collins’ cotton was also rated as second
should best in grade of all samples sent, and he
have received the premium on
grade as well as yield, as the bale which
was awarded the premium tin grade had
been through the Clement attachment.
This is a high compliment to Campbell
county, but a higher one to one of her
most enterprising, industrious and suc¬
cessful young farmers.
GEOUUIA’S GROWTH.
A Few Wonderful Farts and Figures Show¬
ing tlin Rapid Increase ol'Onr Population.
“Richmond” has the following in a
recent Atlanta letter to the Augusta
Chronicle: “Let me give you a portion
of the golden story of Georgia’s imperi¬
al progress. Tt makes a tale of State
growth of which any citizen can feel
proud. I will present, as far as practi¬
cable, the advancement from 1870 to
1880, and them from 1880 to 1882. It
will be seen that the decade from ’70 to
’80 shows astonishing results. But the
start of two years into the decade from
1880 to 1890 is simply amazing in its on¬
ward rush.
In 1870 Georgia's population was 1,»
184,109, ami in 1880 1,542,180, an in
creasp of 358,071 or 25 per cent. Her
voting population was in 1880 321,338,
an increase of 200 per cent, due to col¬
ored enfranchisement. The State had
303,000 families, or 5.09 persons to a
family; living in 289,474 houses, or 6.83
peasons, 5.14 families aud 4.91 dwelling#
to a square mile. We have 24.48 acres
to a person and 124.Sfc acres to a family.
Our females are at the rate of 102.191 to
every 100,000 males, shewing how well
we care for the women. We have 724,-
685 colored people. The increase has
been 89,000 in 1880 for every 85,322 in
1870, evincing good treatment of the
colored. The significance perceived of our
growth in population is immigration when has
it is known that our
been small. We have only 10,315 for¬
eign born citizens in Georgia, foreigners or less
than 2 per cent—being 675 The de¬ to
every 100,000 native citizens.
crease in ten years was 274 foreigners to
every 14)0,000 natives, the State in 1870
having 949 foreigners toj every 100,000
natives. New York has 1,211,438 for¬
eigners and IlliiKiis 583,592.
Georgia has furnished to the Union
ef native Georgians, 1,719 068, of which
933,091 are white and 786,007 colored. *
Georgia has given Alabama 95,782 citi- :
zens, Texas 61,407, Arkansas 36,715,
South Carolina 7,641, Mississippi 29,-
169, Tennessee 19,481, Louisiana 15,172,
and 32,601 to Florida. If Georgia has
contributed.liberally of her manho#^ to
her sister State, she has drawn with a
proportionate liberality from them.
South Carolina gave her 50,195, Norm
Carolina 24,156, Alabama 17,009, Vir¬
ginia 14,606, Tennessee 10,717, and
Florida, New York, Mississippi and
Maryland from two to five thousand
each.
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