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The Oglethorpe Echo
LEXINGTON, GEORGIA.
XMAS!
5,000 Art Books and Book¬
lets from de. to flo.00.
Christmas Cards in endless
profusion.
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almost nominal prices.
Velocipedes from $3 to
Fine Toys in considerable
variety.
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all st-vles.
Gold Pens, Novelties, Dress¬
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All fresh and New Goods
at Lowest Prices.
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ATHENS, GA.
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We have nmv on hand mnl wilt keep constantly
during llie winter a large stock of
MULES AND HORSES
• Of all kinds, to suit all classes of customers.
Shipments received weekly direer from the
stock farms of Kentucky and the West.
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At I lie Old Stand, Athena. On.
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THE OGLETHORPE ECHO: LEXINGTON. GA.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1889.
HOW DAVIS WAS CAP1URED.
Two Lefier# by rlie Dnul Leader Hescrlhinu
I!»•* Kvent.
Ctxf ixxati. Dec. <i s — The Evening
Post this afternoon ‘publishes a report
of Jefferson Davis’ capture "as written
by himself, having been withheld until
after death at his own request. It con¬
sists of two letters written to Ins old
friend, C'ol. Grafts G. Wright, deceas¬
ed, who was a resident of this city for
ten or fifteen years, after the war, and
who was a roommate of Davis at West
Point. The first letter is ns follows;
“Mtssissm City, P. O., Oct. 13,
1877.—My Dear Crafts: 1 have learn¬
ed that T. F. Drayton is at Charlotte,
X. C., and have written to him, men¬
tioning your affectionate inquiries and
your purpose to have a re-union of our
class, ns many as may then bo living, meet¬
at West Point in June next. The
ing will hope be certainly there attractive to him,
and I may be no other than
myself who will fail to answer to his
name at that roll call. Accept my
thanks for the report of the proceed¬
ings at tlie last graduates; annual meeting of the
West Point also for a paper
containing a statement in regard to oiy
eaptnre. zeal
“The lieutenant, m his to sus¬
tain the slanderous article of his gener¬
al, makes assertions which lie eonldnot
have believed to be true. For instance,
the one who ordered me to halt Imre a
carbine, not a "revolver.” • The only
person with me was a colored maid ser¬
vant. Instantly and 1 dropped the water¬
proof cloak shawl and advanced to¬
ward the soldier, offensively declaring
I would not surrender in answer to his
demand. Then Airs. Davis ran up to
me and threw her arms around my
neck. That, of course, ended any pos¬
sibility for my escape, and I said to
her; "God’s will he done,” and turned
hack with her to the. tent, and passed,
on immediately to a lire a short dis¬
tance off. The only firing or show of
armed resistance crossed before was beyond encamping, a creek and
we had
that lire was between the-Michigan and
w;sconsin men . it was a considerable
time before I saw Col. Pritchard. lie
afterward told me that several hours
had elapsed before he knew of my pres¬
ence, and he claimed credit for the for¬
bearance of bis men in not.shooting me
when I refused to surrender.
“As you say, there is no impropriety
in assuming a disguise to escape cap¬
ture, hut there was no time to have as¬
sumed one, except by waiting approaching, for the
deployed cavalry, road seen the to
close upou the still open to
creek. The falsehood was conceived
iu a desire to humiliate me, and at first
asserted that I had on a bonnet and a
woman’s dress with hoopskirt. said Wood
cuts of that kind were to have been
made in New York. Itniayhe.ro men¬
tioned that the staff officers sent on the
ship when my wife and children were
•detained after I was incarcerated at
Fortress Monroe did plunder heruunks, value, and
carrying off many articles of
among other tliiugs a hoopskirt, which
the knaves were said subsequently to
have sold as the one worn by me. I)o
not, mv friend, wonder at my convic¬
tion that in my case a nd in our time
truth is crushed beneath malice and
falsehood so deep below the light of
reason in the Northerners’ minds that
That justice to me from them Adjt.-Gen. is hopeless. Town¬
gallant soldier,
send, whose lent has been to keep watch
and ward over a trunk Florida, belonging and to me
which was found in oyer
(he cloak and shawl taken from my
wife when a prisoner, could shape enlighten the
the last witness as to the of
cloak and teach him not to risk his ve¬
racity by assuming to have seen a licit
in the gray of the morning and with Imt
an instant’s opportunity to Either view a mov¬
ing and distant object. have sagaci¬
ty or malignity should taught my
enemies to deal fairly, regarded if not generous¬ suffer¬
ly, by one who was as
ing for the people he had represented.
"I presume you have the papers of
the Southern Historical both Society the on the
treatment of prisoners at South
and the North, also a book of Dr. Ste¬
venson, one of the surgeons at Ander
sonvilie. It contains a list of those who
died, and the diseases and treatment,
etc. Robert. Smith, the Confederate
commissioner for exchange ’of priso¬
ners. has recently published letter that in sub¬ I he
Philadelphia Times a on
ject. Further than these, knew I might where re¬
fer to mv messages if I
they could be had. Col. X’. I). Norih
iup', who was general nearly of subsistence, the whole war
commissary Charlottesville, Va. now lie
resides near
was in the United States army until
1861, As to my views in regard to the
treatment of prisoners, he might give
you some information not contained in
the reports. Gen. A. Jt. Lawton, of
Savannah, Ga., was quartermaster what and why gen¬
eral, and if he knew you
wanted it, would give you free whatev¬
er he knows. I thank you for your
kindness. Give my paternal regards to
your wrfc, and believe me ever yours,
“Jefferson Davis.”
missing confederate; treasure.
Tt» -on..h follows:
“Mississippi City, Feb. 4, 1s<s.—
Dear Friend: l have the pleasure the to
acknowledge your kind letter of
.’iOtli ult. The facts you state in regard
to captured treasure are new-to me. It
is probable that most of It was the
property of the Hichmotld banks. ) he
of'moneV captured from “Jeff I)a
VIS' . is . Unfounded, tor gold Hlf when . turn If lit
reason that I had IlO eap
j , Hired, . either .-...Klip pupil . or 1 private ! Mr
lleagan, the secretary or the treasury,
y some 20 ],J part belonging to the
I Confederate States treasury and part of
! j[ bis private property, which was seiz
| i 0,1 , 111 • n,s • • saotliena^s, ..,,,l,l|pl,ao6t. *br- ini amount am out does ■
; not, as mv memory serves me, eorres
I pond wilh either item. It was proba
' i:!w a ?li;Zm C wW ™ at
wisr&ss
j i, asrs . The rest of the Confederate
treasure was in possession of the
treasurer, au Old purser Of the l lilted
| of them ^ recent “ d nppointmeols. J'J* »****»«, £»•> lllrt
| in Washington, Ga., when I left
j were
them, and 1 have no knowledgeof their
future conduct. Col. Pritchard told me
j some seiit days after tny capture the that he train had
I been in pursuit of wagon
I and that, he had no expectation of tlud
j mg me I had with recently it. As joined has been it. related There to
you, Northern of that
were in the papers
time reports to the effect that a large
amount of treasure was being; earned
away, and that was undoubtedly the
motive for the pursuit of those wagons;
the report of Gen. Wilson to the con¬
trary. notwithstanding. Gen. Sherman
notices the reports of treasure being
carried off, and the abuse of himself for
want of activity in the matter, 1 will
write to Mr. Ueagan and ask him to an¬
swer your inquiries. dear Crafts, that I
"The fact is, my
staked all my property and reputation
in the defense of state's rights and con¬
stitutional liberty as I understood them.
The first I spent in tiie cause, except
what was seized and appropriated the last has Ol¬
dest roved by the enemy;
been persistently assailed by all which
falsehood could invent and malignity
employ. With sincere affectionately regards to your
wife. I am ever yours,
Jefferson I)avis.”
Ayer’s Hair Vigor improves the beauty of
the hair ami promotes dandruff, its growth, cleanses it prevents the
the ncennuilatinn of
scalp, ami restores a natural color of gray hair.
Have yon received Ayer’s Almanac for the
new year?
A Wonderful Itifiivury.
Mrs. Geo. P. Smoote, a highly culti¬
vated and estimable ladv of Prescott,
Ark., writes under date of April ±2,
1887; “During the summer of 1887
mv eyes became intiamed, and my stom¬
ach and liver almost hopelessly agreed with disor¬
dered. Nothing I ale me,
I look chronic diavrluea, and for some
time my life wa“ dispaired of my of fam¬ the
ily. The leading physicians med¬
country were consulted, and the
icines administered by them never did
any permanent good,' death, and I latter lingered be¬
between life and the
ing preferable May to the agonies became I was dis¬ en¬
during. In 1888, 1
gusted with physicians and their medi¬
cines. I dropped them Specific all, and depen¬ S.)
ded solely bottles on of Swift’s which made (S. S.
a few me per¬
manently well—well from then to
wow.
Dlsiiblcd for Itnsliics*.
Several years ago my health failed
business. me and I was compelled to give up my
I was in constant agony
caused from excruciating pains tried in my
back, liver, and stomach. 1 every
medicine I could hear of, but without
receiving any relief. My attention was
then called to S. S. S. I tried five hol¬
lies of it, and received the most grati¬
fying results. I am to-day will as find healthy
and sound a man. as you any¬
where, and I owe it all to the curative
properties to he found in Swift’s spe¬
cific (S. S. S.) Womack.
li. L.
Morgantown, N. C.
Treatise on blood and skin diseases
mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3,
Atlanta, Ga.
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Sail Klieom
broken With its intense painful itching, <lrjr, hot the skin, little often
into cracks, nwl indescribable Wil
lery pimples, often causes suf¬
fering. Hood’s disease. Sarsaparilla It purifies lias wonderful the blood
power over this
and expels the humor, and the skin liertis
without a sear. Send for hook containing
many statements of cures, toC. J. Hood & Co.,
Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
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Georgia a Corn-Raising State.
Many people have an idea that be¬
cause Georgia is one of the largest col
ton producing Slates, it can raise little
else. They forget that Georgia is an
empire within itself, having within its
boundaries a variety of soil and climate
that enables it to produce almost every
grain and fruit common to the temper¬
ate Last and January semi-tropical the American zones. Agricul¬
turist offered a premium of five hun¬
dred dollars for the largest yield of corn
on one acre of land. This premium
was open to the United States. To fur¬
ther stimulate the production of grain
the Georgia State Agriculture Society
offered a premium of one hundred dol¬
lars for the largest yield of corn on one
aero in Georgia, and an additional pre¬
mium of one. hundred and fifty dollars
if a Georgia farmer should lake the
premium offered by the [American Ag¬
riculturist.
Hon. W. L. Peek, of (Mayors, took
the premium of one hundred dollars,
having raised one hundred and thirty
and ouc-lialf bushels of corn on one
acre of land. lie also stands a good
chance of taking the premium for the
best This yield m the what United Georgia States. do
shows can iu
the way of raising corn, and it is a
showing that it wilt worry any other
State to heat.
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McElree’8 Wine of Cardui
and THEOFORD’S BLACK-DRAUGHT are
for sale by the following meri-haute in
a. a. uayi.e. At«m.
cin-:xi-;v Jv' lir,l “ town -
tiller’bwos. m ntkr, freeman fc'huoAt°ii,'point Peter.
a eo„ Stephens,
moS' win&vine.
, II. A .1 T. VITTAUI.^Winterville.
A. f. UIJDIII W ELL, Maxcys.
'■ M. SMI I if, Snnthonnt.
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Fall Terms!
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I ftHI Selling 111 \ OW II
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Distilled Corn Wlliskevat
81.7d i ter gallon in 1-gallon
tioil .stm ill lai’gCl* g™** (IlliUlt it
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WilltCl vilie. Address
J. A. Fowlkr,
Athens Ga.
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Buying is the Big Half in the General Deal. jjll
It is no less True that the Vital Issues In¬
volved in the Selling is the Pivot upon which t i m
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Rests the Victory after all! • * 1.4 /
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We have in the following lines the largest and most select lot of Goods in this county.
We name you our SPECIAL ATTRACTION'S that will interest you in more
ways than one. Not only will the goods please but you get the
rock bottom prices. Nobody in the county can show
as large, complete select, and varied line of
SIIO ITS! SHOES!
You can buy Shoes of us lower than elsewhere, but you can find what you want.
We are selling Shoes all over the county, from Muxeys to Point Peter, from
Dry Fork to the Oconee river. Our next special line to name is
CLOTHING! CLOTHING!
We have received our third shipment of Clothing this season. We will sell you til
lower prices than you ever bought. We have all-wool Suits from .fthoO to
$25. When you see the Goods you will be convinced. A large
line of Overcoats. Bovs’ Clothing in great variety.
DRESS GOODS—DRY GOODS!
Nobody can show a more complete line for the season than we have on hand, It is
growing late in the season and we are offering many articles in this line
at reduced prices rather than carry them over to another season.
We are offering some staple goods at Factory prices.
FURNITURE.
We have buy Furniture in car-load lots and can therefore afford to sell at very low
jirices. We have recently received a car-load of Chairs, Bureaus, Bed¬
steads, Wash stands, Tables, Mattresses, Bed Springs. Fnderla
kers (foods on hand at all times. Coffins awl Caskets.
Sixty bolts of Mississippi and Kentucky Jeans. We will sell you Jeans cheaper
than anybody in the county.
A car-load of Buggies-—the best finished on the market. Fifty Road-Carts, The
best Cart on the road for $b>.
One and Two-horse Wagons always in stock.
No doubt, we Have the best Harness tor the money in the county.
We will sell you Groceries as low ns Athens with freight added. 200 Sacks Saif.
Big line of Guns and Ammunition. Loaded and empty Shot Shells.
We carry a line stock of Tobaccos. North Farolina and Virginia goods. The besf
in the market. A large lot just received. Factory prices by the box.
An inspection of all goods we advertise will be fount 1 us represented.
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Mammoth Store, . LEXINGTON, GA.