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GEORGIA HOME JOURNAII.
W. ADDISON KSOWLES, Prop’r.
VOLUME XIV-NUMBER 18
OUR DEAD HEROES
garlanding their graves
■WITH REMEMBRANCE.
A SACRED ANNIVERSARY WHOSE SWEET
OFFICES wll .T. NEVER CEASE TO
ANIMATE OUB WOMEN.
The 96th (Monday) opened clear and
spring-like in fact, and the sun shone
with April splendor up to about two
o’clock, when the clouds banked up in
the southwest at first, and came forward
on a strong wind;whieh afterward veered
to northwest. The rain fell in fitful
showers for more than an hour, and
though it did not ultimately interfere
with the carrying out of the carefully pre
pared programme of the occasion, it had
the effect of deterring a great number
of persons from participating in the cere
monies that took place at both the
church and cemetery.
At A o’dock, notwithstanding that the
rain was just then most pertinacious,
groups of our citizens and many visitors
to the city made their way to the Meth
odist church, where, at 3.30 o’clock, the
impressive order of the ceremony was
begun with a voluntary by the choir under
Prof. T. C. Conaway in the presence of
a large and interested assemblage.
After prayer by Rev. W. T. Caldwell
and a touching and beautiful selection
by the choir, Mr. Bismuth Miller was
introduced to the audience in a few fit
ting sentences by Rev. Mr. Caldwell.
Mr. Miller delivered without notes an
oration comprehending the earliest and
latest notable events of the great civil
war, and dwelt upon the tender and heroic
relation of the upble women of the South
to its inception, its prosecution and its
conclusion. His address will appear by
request in our next
After the oration a musical selection
by the choir was sung. A touching and
eloquent prayer by the Rev. C. A. Cona
way concluded the services at the church.
While the programme was being car
ried out within the church the rain
ceased, and, the wind having changed to
the northwest, a delightful atmosphere
succeeded that of the morning and greatly
aided the spirit of the exercises that
followed at the cemetery. A ptocessiou
6t little children garlanded with flowers
was formed outside of the church, and led
by Mayor Lewis and the Marshals of the
occasion, marched to the cemetery where
the most touching incident of the day,
that of decorating the graves of the sol
diers, was thoroughly and beautifully
conducted.
Too much praise cannot he awarded
the municipal board, under whose au
thorization and appropriation the pictur
esque confines of the City Cemetery had
been improved and ordered to a degree
that added a charm and grandeur to the
other attractions of that beautiful burial
place. We feel that we arc generally
seconded in paying to the Board of Al
dermen a well deserved tribute, and we
are assured that the Ladies’ Memorial
Association unite with us in this merited
recognition. The greater part of our
S;ople loitered and rambled through the
byrintlis of the Cemetery until a roseate
sunset rung down the curtain of the day.
The Memorial Association, which,
whether or not other associations pine
and die witli the years, are sure to sur
vive because of the animating spirit
which infuses their labors, have this year
earned renewed appreciation and thanks
for the completeness and harmonious
carrying out of their devoted objects.
The choir, under Prof. Conaway, dis
tingushed itself, severally and collective
ly, and the delicious cadences of their
music hung with a lingering sweetness
over the long hours of the whole day.
Sudden Death.
Mrs. J. H. Aderliold died very sudden
ly on morning. |She liad
risen soon after 3 o’clock, in apparently
her usual health, and again retired on
account of the early hour. About day
break her husband, Mr. J. H. Aderhold,
arose, and was at once struck by her ex
traordinary appearance. The melancholy
fact was soon plain that she was dead,
having expired some time before. Mrs.
Aderhold was a very estimable lady, and
the news of her sad and unexpected death
was received with unaffected sorrow, i She
leaves a devoted husband and several chil
dren. An inquest was held, but no definite
cause could be assigned for her death. The
survivors one and all have our earnest sym
pathy in this sorrowful bereavement.
Coining; Back.
We have admonished our friends ftom
time to time against leaving our good old
•State. It is not exactly a paradise, still
it is a good place for those who are willing
to practice economy and are not afraid to
work. We met on the train the other
day several respectable looking men and
women who were on their way back to
Hif lr homes on the red hills of Georgia.
u ‘?y had tried Florida and were fully
Si and. We say again to our friends in
stead!* < * eor ®* a ’ "old on to the old home-
Jesse Thompson & Cos.
The advertisement of Jesse Thompson
* Cos. in another part of this paper, will
commend itself to all who may have need
c ' ass lumber in large or small
quantitms, and of the multiform mang
ractures of wood which enter into
Tl ne , . °f building and ornamentation,
vfl® building season promises to be a
?, n ® everywhere, and yet the price
ei building materials is quite low for the
season. Send in your orders for material
a t once.
J. H. Fearey.
e have recently seen some excellent
miscellaneous wares from tho*well knowu
Jewelry and optical establishment of J.
' fearey, Augusta. These articles rep
-I,output of several at the de
including the delicate work
The workmanship was first
..“J 11 every particular, and we heartily
f the house to visitors aud others
Bum thu section.
A Holiday.
he following merchants will close
udr stores on the 6th of May, the same
SjjN been agreed upon as a holiday for
Ciqudan, Heals A Ar
jl r. ' ,• A, Kimbrough & Cos,; Rossiimn
xt ,:**' v - b. A li. A. Hall; J. M.
Mrs, J, K. Tor belt; D. W. (Joud-
EASTER DAY.
AN IMPRESSIVE CELEBRATION AT THE
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER.
At the Episcopal church (Church of
the Redeemer) in this city, the Easter
celebration was imposing in the last de
gree and was participated in by mem
bers of all the other church congrega
tions, who dispersed themselves generally
through the auditorium at both the
morning and afternoon services.
The pulpit, lecturn, chancel and walls
of the sacred edifice were profusely and
ornately adorned with wreaths, crosses,
festoons, flower-bells, etc., and presented
a strikingly beautiful and appropriate
appearance. The platform was complete
ly embowered with evergreens, roses,
lilies, calla lilies, snow balls and a mis
celaneous homogeneity of early blooms
and flowers. The sermon by Rev.'Joshua
Knowles was consonant with the sug
gestions of the joyful occasion aryl was
replete with the lessons of the sacred
festival. The music (as it always is) was
impressive and beautiful, and the event,
all in all, was in|admirable keeping with
the beautiful commemoration as annually
observed by this church.
In. the afternoon the Sabbath school
celebration attracted an attendance far
beyond the capacity of the structure, and
was very imposing and interesting. The
marching and musical features were
unique and beautiful. The programme
included a processional song and chorus,
the creed, prayer by the Rector, award
of prizes, decoration of the cross, short
address by Mr. Bismuth Miller, recession
al and benediction—each of these orders
being symphonized by a choral song.
_ The proficiency of the scholars of the
Sabbath school was notable, even excep
tional. The prizes were numerous and
were well deserved.
The efficient Superintendent, Mr.
Edwin D. Jones, was surprised during
the ceremonies by a presentation from
the Rector in testimony of the former’s
indefatigable labors in'behalf of the Sab
bath school. The incident was a pleas
ant one.
The profuse decorations were removed
after the services to the Cemetery and
were placed, as has been the annual cus
tom, upon the graves of the late Super
intendent O. E. Carmichael and his de
ceased children.
How it is Done in Newton.
Covington, Ga., April 23.
I, E. F. Edwards, Ordinary in and for
said county, hereby certify that upon
consolidating the returns from the vari
ous precincts in said county, at an elec
tion held on the 22d day of' April, 1886,
on the “General Local Option Liquor
Law,” I find the result of said election to
be as follows: “Against the Sale” 838
vote*, “For the Sale” 738 votes, thus ma
king a majority of 80 votes cast “Against
the Sale.”
Given under my hand and official signa
ture the day and year above written.
E. F. Edwards, Ordinary.
Delightful Event.
Avery pleasant and well attended
social entertainment was given at the
Hamilton Terraces, Union Point, on Mon
day night. This very famous and select
resort has long been recognized as the
centre about which group the young peo
ple of its own and other vicinages, and
so well appreciated are its frequent social
events that the mere mention that one ol
them is on the tapis is sure to produce a
flutter of anticipation. That of Monday
was in regal harmony with those of the
past, and had the effect, as usual, oi
whetting one’s anxiety for another at an
early date. . -
The State Committee.
The following has been issued:
Atlanta, Ga., April 20, 1880.— The
State Democratic' Executive Committee
will meet in parlor No. 104, Kimball House.
Atlanta, Ga., on May 20tli, 1880, at 10 a.
m. Every member of the committe is
earnestly requested to be present.
J. H. Por.nii.L, Chairman.
Joint S. Candler. Secretary.
The members of the State Democratic
Executive Committee for the Eighth
Congressional District are Messrs. J. S.
Turner, Eatonton; C. E. Smith, Washing
ton.
The Postoflice.
It is said that the affairs of the post
office will pass into new official manage
ment on Saturday, when' the changes
contemplated by the late appointment of
Judge Thornton will be consummated.
Postmaster Thornton will displace Mr.
G. 11. Thompson, and will be assisted for
a short time by the present force. In a
few Weeks, perhaps, however, Thomas
Thornton of Union Point, will be placed
in:conduct of the mailing department,
and Mr. Charles Park, the present assis
tant, will retire.
Artificial Stone.
Messrs. G. W, Holland & Cos., have in
troduced anew and admirable industry
into our city—the manufacture of artifi
cial stone and marble for all the artistic
or utilitarian uses to which the natural
stone can be put. One of the especial
benefits of this manufacture is to be seen
in the new sidewalks which grace several
of our cities, notably Augusta, where
the improvement is very marked on the
principal streets by this means. Messrs.
Holland & Cos. ought to be encouraged,
and we doubt not they will be.
Sunday School Picnic.
Superintendent Winter, of the Metho
dist Sabbath school, gives notice of the
picnic at Dr. Poullain’s grove on May 6,
and cordially invites the scholars of all
other denominations to participate.
There will doubtless be a large and joy
ous assemblage as a result of the prepa
rations already completed for this pleas
urable and recreative festival, and we be
speak a royally good time for all the peo
ple, young and old, who avail themselves
of it.
De-lec-ta-lavo.
Use a tooth pick made from a quill.
Brush tho upper teeth downward, and
the lower teeth upward, so as to enuour
age the growth of thu gums about the
necks of the teeth. Use Dctoetajavc
according to the directions on the bottle.
Proper care will preserve your teeth for
speurh and mastication till advanced life.
Always use a soft brush. For sale at the
Gridin Drug Htom.
DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE.
GREENESBORO, GEORGIA FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 30. 1886.-EIGHT PAGES.
TAKING THE TOWN
LASSOING LEADING THEMES
OF PUBLIC CONCERN.
THEN LINKING THEM INTO LIGHT AND
AIRY PARAGRAPHS TO CAPTURE
THE READER’S GLANCE.
—Mr. J. W. Cawtlion spent Tuesday in
our city.
—Newton county went “dry” last week
by 80 majority.
—There was a nice assemblage at the
Bethany picnic.
—There was a very pleasant picnic at
Flat Rock during the week.
—Washington county has gono for pro
hibition by a majority of about 300.
—Miss Emma Holder, of Washington
City, is visiting her brother, Mr. Charles
Holder.
—Mrs. Graham Wilson, of Macon," Mis
souri, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Felix
Poullain.
—Misses Linton and Jerdine, of Athens,
spent several days in our city, the guests
of Miss Minnie Linton.
—Mr. T. J. Ingram, one of the live and
progressive planters of Putnam county,
was in our city last Tuesday.
—Mrs. Willie Johnson, of Washington,
Wilkes county, is in the city, visiting her
grandmother, Mrs. J. W. Smith.
—Mr. Lou Mulford and Miss May Mul
ford are down from Madison and arc
stopping with Mrs. Anna Carmichael.
—Mrs. W. T. Johnson, of Washington,
Ga. lias been visiting her aunts, the Miss
es Smith, of this city, during the week.
—Mrs. Anna C. Carmic’ - ’ .as been
quite ill during the week, isne is report
ed to be better at this writing, however.
—lf the use of your tooth brush is
painful, heal your mouth with Delecta
lave. For sale at the Griffin Drug Store.
—Messrs. E. J. Stanley, E. J. Merritt
and Maner P. Sanders will attend the
Chatham Artillery Centennial at Savan
nah.
—Rev. W. D. Powell, Baptist Missiona
ry, will, we learn, be in our city this
week and will probably preach at some
time while here.
—The Episcopal Sunday school picnic
will take place at Mrs. Carmichael’s
grove. A most delightful time is antici
pated by the little folks.
—At Union Point the Emory College
boys crossed bats with the Athens Uni
versity nine on Saturday, the result being
11 to 1 in favor of the University club.
—Tarter on the teeth is always per
nicious, causing the gums to be swollen,
inflamed and spongy. Keep it off by
using Delectalave. For sale at the Grif
fin Drug Store.
—Many of our citizens are having the
paint brush applied with vigor to then
stores or residences. The office of the
Home Journal, too, is now undergoing
th touch of the “wizard baud.”
—The contract for building the Trim
ble bridge over the Oconee was let last
Wednesday by the County Commissioners
of Greene and Morgan counties to John
Knox, of Morgan county for $405.
—Mr. Francis Nixon, of Augusta, was
present at the delightful entertainment
at the Hamilton Terraces on Monday
night. Mr. Nixon is one of the promis
ing business men of the Canal City.
—We have received from the publisher,
Igp. Fischer, Summit street, Toledo.
Ohio, the “G. A. R. Giand March.” ar
ranged for either piano or organ. It is
composed by John Wiegand, of Augusta.
Ga., and reaches us highly commended.
—Miss Jennie Linton, of this city, who
has been absent in Augusta and Louis
ville, Ga., for several weeks, visiting
friends and relatives, returned home on
Tuesday last. Miss Linton will bo wel
comed back to the warm place that al
ways awaits her in the social circle of
Greenesboro.
—The State Baptist Association met in
convention at Rome, Ga., on last Satur
day. Among its important acts was the
strong indorsement of prohibition. Rev.
Dr. W. A. Montgomery, of this city, at
tended, and remained through the inter
esting session, He returned to Greenes
boro on Tuesday,
—Do you wake up with a bad taste in
your mouth ? If so brush your teeth
well night and morning with a tooth
brush moistened with Delectalave, then
rinse thoroughly with Delectalave which
will neutralize any acidity in the saliva,
and keep your mouth sweet and clean.
For sale at the Griffin Drug Store.
—John Lawrence, colored, who was
last Monday fined S4O and given five
months in the chain gang for carrying
concealed weapons, will at the expiration
of his term be put on trial for cutting a
negro named Fendal Smith last Saturday
on Dr. A. A. Jernigan’s place, near this
city. He and Smith were engaged in a
fight.
—We gratefully acknowledge an invi
tation to a reception by the Athenasum
Club of Athens, on this (Friday) evenhag.
We regret that pressing engagements
forbid our presence at an occasion whose
enjoyment is assured by the splendid
triumphs of the pastand by the admirable
management and spirit which invariably
preside at the Athenseum entertain
ments.
—Mrs. Powell and Miss Powell, and
Miss Franehot, of Syracuse, N. Y., who
have been visiting out at Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Y. Warner’s for some days, return
ed to their home in the North on Tues
day last. They made many warm
friends in our midstdip-ing their sojourn,
and will be welcomed back whenever
they shall choose to make us a visit.
■ —The Easter festivities in Greenesboro
were graced by the delightful presence
of Mrs. J. F. Ilart and Misses Ora and
Irene Horton, of Union Point. There is
something so inexpressibly charming and
attractive in the presence and converse
of these ladies that wherever they go
they shed a delicious sweetness about
tiie occasion and produce a singular long
ing when they have gone. >
—The young people of the Methodist
and Baptist churches will enjoy a delight
ful picnic at Poullain’s grove on the oth of
May. Greenesboro is peculiarly gifted
with charming associations among the
young. The coining occasion will rival
those of the past in the rustic pleasures
that will be assured by the presence of
the vast proportion of those who are the
pride ana glory of our city.
—Several of the Confederate survivors,
an association of whom was organized
last Friday in this city, will attend the
uuvelling of the lien Ilill monument hi
Atlanta to-morrow. They will start
to-day. All who shared tba fortunes of
the Confederacy in it* armies, who can
go, ought to avail themselves of the last
probable opportunity of grasping the
hand of the ex-I’resident of the ill starred
Confederate Slates,
Glimpses of Greenes boro.
Our fellow townsman, Mr. E. D North
rup, now absent in the North, writes a
long and interesting letter to the Catta
raugus Union, published at; Salamanca,
N. TANARUS., from which w# extract the follow
ing paragraphs:
“While a Northerner will find many
things here which at first seem strange
and unusual, yet a thousand other things
more than compensate for all that. The
great advance of improvements which
have come since I first visited Georgia
in 1830 is an erncst of an era of prosperity
in the South nowhere excelled. Except
for the blight of negro slavery that drove
immigration from the South, it woutd
today have been one vast garden. What
is now needed is an influx of small farm
ers, and that must soon come out of the
over-populated North; and that will be
followed by the industrial enterprises
that have made the North so rich and
powerful and which now menace its
peace.
“I agree with a remark recently made to
me by J. B. Y. Warner, Esq., formerly of
Rochester, N. Y., but for the last sixteen
years a residing farmer here. He said:
"If there is any one tiling in this world
that I feel certain of, it is that Greenes
boro and Greene county are destined to
be among the wealthiest and most pros
perous places in the United States.
“1 wish jrotr could drop in one of these
nice morni)iggor evenings and sit outside
with us and look away upon the wide and
beautiful landscapes,' and enjoy all the
pleasures of spring time.
Painful Shooting Accident
On Monday morning last at 0 o’clock a
wagon was moving off from front of
Johnson’s saloon, in this city, on the
bottom of which lay a loaded gun be
longing to Dock Jones, the barber, who
with a few others wap about to depart on
a bird shoot. The an was jolted by the
movement of the wafon until it fell, un
noticed, to the gNnnd, and ejmloded.
It was a single-barrelled gun. The load
of shot was thus fired into a group of
persons seated outside of the saloon,
painfully wounding Mr. Paul Jones and
Mr. James William*. Col. C. C. Norton
and Mr. Willie King were also slightly
shot. The first of these men was seri
ously injured, having received nearly
the entile charge. Tlie second received
probably twenty shot All received
wounds in the legs, save Mr. King, who
got a shot in the breast. At last accounts
the badly wounded were doing well. The
moral of this accident is plain. A loaded
gun should not be laid in a wagon bot
tom. i
Athens Feu||i Company.
No person will qu4|tion that a substan
tial and attractive (pneo, either around
the farm, the house garden, adds teil
fold advantage either in utility or orna
mentation. Like the car-ooupler, the
fence has taken a forward step in the
matter of invention, and many have been
the results of all degrees of merit. We
candidly believe that after all, however,
the Georgia fence approaches nearer to
the acme than any other. The Athens
Fence Company announce in another
part of this paper their readiness to sup
ply the rights to sell and manufacture
this fence in forty counties of Georgia,
and we respectfully ask a careful reading
of their card.
Mr. L. Sclievenell.
For the past ten years Mr. Sclievenell,
the book-keeper at the Athens Foundry
& Machine Works, lias been engaged in
securing patents. During all this time
his business has been steadily growing,
and to-day be is securing patronage from
all parts of Georgia. There is no better
business man in Middle Georgia than Mr.
Sclievenell, and all work given him will
receive immediate attention; and we are
glad to note the success he is meeting
with. He has the following patents now
pending in the patent office at Wash
ington, 1). C.: Lawson & Bailey, Athens,
automatic car coupler; L. F. Edwards,
Oglethorpe, corn and pea planter; Wor
tham & Bell, Monroe, nnimal trap; J. H.
and S. H. Beedingfiuld, Walton countv,
cultivator and cotton chopper.
A Pointer on Advertising.
Originality and tact bring money to the
merchant who uses them in writing his
advertising. Short, crisp sentences, con
densing the whole matter into a few bold
display lines, catch the public eye. Asa
rule, too little space is taken in the news
paper and too much put into it. This is a
busy age. People have uo time to read
long essays or long sentences. The mer
chant who fills an entire newspaper col
umn full of matter in small type will
have but few readers. If the space was
occupied with bright, sparkling phrases,
few in number, but having the gist of the
whole in condensed form, the eye would
take it in at a glance and the attention at
once be gained.
Patrons of the High School.
By private conference with a majority
of the Board of Trustees I have been au
thorized to collect SI.OO for the Spring
Term as contingent expenses; this
amount to go as far as possible towards
paying house rent after the expenses of
keeping the Academy in order, furnish
ing wood, etc., have been met. What has
been paid already for Incidental will, of
course, be deducted. Your monthly bills
will call for aOcts for Incidentals, and by
the end of the term it will have been al
most or quite settled.
Very respectfully,
T. C. Cqnaway.
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W. J. Rutherford & Cos.
The attention of builders everywhere
is directed to the advertisement of W. J.
Rutherford A Cos. of Augusta, Ga., manu
facturers of brick, and dealers in brick,
lime, cement, lath, hair, etc. They make
a specialty of Alabama lime, which has
been freely used in the construction of
most of tlie public buildings of Augusta
and in the most costly private residences.
The present favorable weather will give
an impetus to building ail over the State,
and Messrs. Rutherford A Cos. are the
practical persons to be oonsulted for ex
cellent supplies of material.
—■— ii i.i.
Notice.
All persons are hereby forbidden In fleh
ill mv pond, known ss Bowden's pood,
with hook, line or Übersriee, ur to bunt on
my premiere, from Ibis del*.
F. T. Wuxi* ue.
Greene short), Ga., May 1,
CORRESPONDENCE.
OUR BUSY NEWS GATHERERS
WHO NEVER TIRE
MAKING OUT OF THE HARROW OF MANY
THINGS A. SURFEIT OF BWJEET AND
SATISFYING MORSELS.
UNION POINT.
....The little showers have done a
great deal of good.
The picnic last Tuesday at Bow
den’s mill was largely attended and was
enjoyed by everybody.
Charlie Newton and Will Bryan left
last Wednesday night for a business
course in a Baltimore school.
... - Miss Lone Barges, one of our pop
ular and pleasant girls, is spending some
time with friends in the Gate City.
Miss Maggie Cramer, a charming
Angusta girl, with her sister, Mrs. A. P.
Norman, are visiting Misses Nora and
Mamie Norman.
We hear some of our neighbors are
having English peas on their tables be
sides other garden truck. Spring chick
ens are now in order.
Some of our farmers say that their
wheat has improved very maach during
the last two weeks, but in most cases it
will be a dead failure.
.... Union Point is without a base ball
club and is likely to stay so. There is
money m not having t base ball club
“first, last and all the tiule.”
... .Strawberries and cream have been
served on several tables this week, a lux
ury that is hard to beat. We would be
glad if it would last all the year.
....The 2ltli was, perhaps, more im
pressive than usual. The music was very
fine, and the recitations lv the young
ladies appropriate aud well rendered.
....Mr. J. B. McLaughlin, Jthe rail
road agent, is down with big case of
measles. He has a young man, a Mr.
Gunn, working for him till he gets up.
.... Oxford and Athens crossed bats
last Saturday, but tthe University boys
proved too much for the Kmorys, and
the game closed 11 to 1 in favor of the
former.
The blackberry crop, the poor
man’s friend, will be lar*je and good.
This crop is the loafer’s harvest, and if
he can reach it he is safe for three
months certain.
... . The ball at the Terraces last Mon
day night was as bright and pleasant as
could he, but under tlie management oi
Mr. aud Mrs. J. F. Hart it could have
been nothing bnt pleasant.
The Literary picnic at Mineral
Springs tomorrof ,bids fair, If the weath
er don’t interfere, to be a gala and j 0...
day. There will be several pleasant
features besides royal dinners, eto.
Occasional.
MAXEYS.
Everybody hag bought a gingham
dress; but those who now want one, come
and see us.
Josiah M- Bosworth, M. D., visited
this place on Saturday last, claiming to
be a perfect Eye Trainer.
Advice is cheap, Modesty; and we
rarely ever see smart persons, offer it
without being called on. Exdono.
A number of citizens will visit Sa
vannah from this place during the re
union of the Eighth Georgia Regiment.
Drs. Frank, J. L and S. D.,did not
perform the surgical operation on Willie
Meldon on Wednesday of last week, as
was expected, but will in a short while.
The past two weeks have been
the quietest times that the little town of
Maxeys has passed through since we
knew the place; speaks well for the
farmer,.
Tlios. Dickie passed tlirough our
town last week, carrying with him a few
mules and horses, also the father of all
the rabbits and the mother of all the
Indians.
Miss Minnie Maxey, of near Mace
donia, spent several days with Dr. Bright
well and lady, of this place, the first of
the week. May her visit he crowned
with joys.
hear him say that terracing don’t pay,
you will be in the same fix. he’s in, on
bottom land, the top having migrated
to parts unknown.
On Monday last, it heing Easter
and a day set apart by all of the young
people of Maxeys and vicinity to nave a
picnic at this place, early in the morning
the crowd began to come in until there
were (>n the grounds about one hundred
and fifty people, aud fully one hundred
of the number were ladies, the very
life of all picnics, A better dinner was
never spread before mortals. After din
ner all were invited to the Masonic Hall,
where they enjoyed themselves dancing
and playing to their hearts’ content.
Justice.
SHILOH.
No preaching at Shiloh Sunday,
though there was a good congregation,
which united in a very interesting prayer
meeting.
Some farmers In this vicinity have
plowed up their wheat crop, and planted
corn instead.
.... Jay Gould with his clan of serf
produoers may have their sympathizers,
but modesty will not admit of ub being
numbered as one of them.
We don’t know what Plutus’ rid
dle is, but it reminds us of a politician on
his rounds trying to muster up support
ers; he tries to be everything; at thu same
time.
Miss Anna McWhorter has a pupil,
a little six year old daughter of Mr. John
Harris, that began with her letters three
months ago and is now in her Second
Reader.
The bachelors around Shiloh are
very considerate, ami Neldom fail to give
Sressing invitations to thoir houses for
inner; but nobody lint a blind organ
grinder would accept with any assurance
of being tilled even with water.
.... The Sahbath school scholars at
Shiloh repeat verses at Um roll call.
This la very important; beside* it shows
what portion of Hcriuture impresses itself
on each mind a# being tho most Impor
tant.
....Our friend, J, J, Sunders, would
hardly decline to servo tlie people lu the
Georgia Legislature, We Risks mention
of him through tm that the people may
overlook some of our good men iu till*
seeUuu.
Yt'uhur.
AUGUSTA.
VAGARIES OF A VISIT TO THE PRETTY
CITY BY THE RIVER SIDE.
There is seldom anything “new” in
Augusta. This is pet haps unpleasant
“news,” for the age in which we live is
constructive and votive of that which must
have merit if it be the merit only of be
ing new. There are towns in the North
and parts of the West where the new
hotel, or the new opera house, or the new
town hall, towers above all the surround
ing pretenses of the city and where the
populace is content to point at the gilt
vane on the turret as symbolizing the
attic of its civic pride. Augusta lias a
beggarly poverty of public structures,
anrt a court house witli a wooden Indian
maiden poised oil the pitch pf the roof.
And yet this blind, sightless and unsight
ly xyloform, could she see over or be
neath the cypress withes that bind her
supposititious vision, would daily and
hourly view the perpetual whirl of a
people who careless for the immateriality
of bauble and show aud more for honest
and hospitable simplicity than any other
in the world.
Augusta does not grow rapidly. That
is because all people are not alike, which
is not our fault; and because most people
are very unlike. When we “boom” a city
it grows, just as a balloon will swell when
we pour into it the retorts of ether or hy
drogen ; but a “boomed” city does not en
dure, just as a balloon must collapse
whether or not we release its gas. We
don’t know a better analogy than that
between a “boomed” city and an in
flated bubble. If you keep blowing you
will burst them both, and, having begun
to blow, if you stop blowing they will
burst of themselves. Augusta is not a
“boomed” city. It grows, of course, but
it grows from within. Few people leave
it who can stay, and few know it until
they have lived there. We have never
met a man not in some sense a cynic who
did not speak well of it if he had fairly
treated himself while he was there. One
ordinarily is not at first prepossessed with
a community that is wont to watch him
for a time through the inverse lens of
its lorgnette: but that is Augusta’s
safeguard and her citadel. The stranger
has to grow into her graces by growing
in his own, She is apt to measure him
with her own tape. If he be not alto
gether too Cardiman her inches will get
liis girth. If he be very minute lib v. ill
escape mensuration. Hut if lie fit tlie
niche of her platonic cordiality, her gi :i
--cious welcome and her glad esteem —
whether lie he born to it or ipow to it—
then he will see that, though there he
other and larger cities, with longer vistas
and loftier spires, still that there is hut
one Augusta. We love Augusta,
PINE GROVE.
....Miss Elia West, a most agreeable
and accomplished young lady of Woodville
is visiting the family of Mr. 1,. \V. Thomp
son. Hope her stay will be a pleasant
one.
... .We have had a long dry spell for
this season of the year. Pastures are
looking bad, stock is looking thin, and it
it don’t rain soou we don’t know what
we’ll do.
....Sixteen-year-old boys will not let
the young men have afiy chance at all to
go with the young ladies. They take
them to ride every Sunday evening and
to preaching at night.
....T. B. Thompson is trying to tame
some wild turkeys near his house. lie
lias got them so they will come nearly
to the house by baiting them along. Send
us one for dinner, Tom.
Miss Lessie Durham, a beautiful
and highly entertaining young lady of
Greenesboro, is expected to visit Mrs.
Tlios. J. Thompson soon. We hope she
will decide to spend her summer holidays
here.
Alex, Thompson, HenryiMoody and
•Son went gigging last Thursday night on
Richland creek, and caught two eels
measuring about twenty-two inches,
about eight iuches round, and weighing
about seven pounds.
... .Why is it that a man who has never
produced a pound of anything gives so
much advice about fanning. I.ay your
cotton land of shallow, list it up shallow,
plant it shallow, plough it shallow, hoe
it shallow, and this fall you will gather
it shallow.
We heard a recently married lady
remark one Sunday morning, when she
had to pay her husband to go to church
with her, that if she ever married again she
was going to marry a man younger than
she was, so she would have him under
her control,
Shiloh could have one of the best
Sunday schools in Greene county if there
was not so many to boss. If the people
of Shiloh would let their superintendant,
J. J. Sanders, superintend the school it
would be much better for them aud
more interesting to visitors.
The large majority of Shiloh church
is in favor of lowing an organ in the
church, while one of the old members is
bitterly opposed to it. He says people
cannot, praise God with music but with
their mouths; that no Christian wants
music in a church. Dear Brother, do
you rememlier how David praised God
by singing psalms and playing the harp ?
Tattler.
A Military Company,
A spirited movement is being made to
organize a military company in our city, nml
it is meeting with tlie success winch certainly
ought to reward the suggestion. We shall
speak at leDgtli of tlie matter at another
lime. Our young merchant. Mr. A. 8.
Seals, is very actlvcaml zealous in the move
ment. A meeting will lie held Monday
evening at 8 o'clock to organize. All are
Invited.
Our Next.
On May 7 (next Friday) we will issue a
mammoth editiou of twelve pages,
which will be circulated fully in the ad
jacent counties and Middle Georgia. The
number will be one of the handsomest
ever put out from this office and the
handsomest weekly paper published.
Advertisers will note tiris announcement,
and make early application If they wisli
space.
County Court.
Tlie following cases were disposed of
at the County Court last Monday, Judge
Wm. M. Weaver presiding: Jim King,
simpte larceny, sentenced thru* mouths
in cnaiugaup. John LawrsMoe, carrying
pistol concealed, S4O and costs or three
months; Alonso Lightfuot, larceny from
the bouse, three esses, sentenced to six
months on chaiiigaug for each—eighteen
month* in all.
TERMS:—S2.OO per Annum, In Advance.
WHOLE NUMBER 68
GENERAL MENTION
BRINGING UP A RESERVE OF
BRIEF NEWS EVENTS.
AND SPREADING BEFORE OUR FRIENDS
A FEAST OF FBEBH AND CRISP
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
. ~ ’
—Buy blank hooks and stationery of all
kinds at Griffin Drug Store.
—Perfectly elegant stationery assort
ment at the Griffin Drug store.
—Mrs. Bessie Dawson’s millinery has
arrived from New York. Call and see it.
—The Griffin Drug Store has the pret
tiest lot of Stationery in town. All and
see it
—All the new styles and novelties in
Belts. Ask to see them.—Gopelnn, Seals
A Armor.
—Large lot of speckle and clay Peas
for planting—low price.—Copelan, Seals
A Armor.
—Try it! try it—and you’ll use no other.
The great Momaja coffee.—liossmau A
Gardner.
—fragrant, exhilarating, refreshing,
inspiring—the Momaja eotiee. —Kossman
A Gardner.
—Fresh, new canned goods of best
quality aud variety just received at Itoss
raan A Gardner’s.
—“Momaja!” The finest coffee ever
brought into this or any other market—
Kossman A Gardner.
—Nothing in the way of eoffee has ever
approached in excellence the Momaja,
for sale at liossmau A Gardner’s.
—Ask to see those Japanese Wool Or
naments and Tobee Matts; they are new
and novel. —Copelan, Seals A Armor.
—Mrs. H. T. Lewis will give an enter
tainment at her residence this evening
complimentary to the Misses Frauehaut
—W. A. Kimbrough A Go., have a
beautiful line of spring calicoes, muslins,
and white goods. Call aud examine their
stock.
—The Momaja coffee is the most aro
matic sold. It is from the great house of
Thurber A Cos., New York.—Kossman A
Gardner.
—On and after May t we will giye a
box wf matches with every cigar or pack
age of cigracttes purchased at liossmau
A Gardner’s,
. —The wedding hells are ringing in. the
distance, and if .reports be true one of our
young men will soon call on the Ordina
ry on business.
—The Mauresque is the prettiest shap
ed parasol ever brought houtb. Ask to
see and price our parasols.—Copelan,
Neals A Armor."
—Mr. Michael O’Dowd, the well known
Augusta cotton merchant, made the Uomk
Journal, a pleasant visit on Wednesday.
He was in town on business.
—The largest stock of carriages, bug
gies and wagons in the South will be
tound at Milburn WagonCw.’srepository,
Library Building, xAtlaata, Ga.
—The “Old Reliable” Milburn Wagon
has been on the market for thirty-seven
years. Ask your neighbor, he will say
buy the Milburn. Atlanta, Ga.
—The Georgia Press Association met
in Macon on yesterday (Thursday). The
proprietor of this paper is in attendance,
aud will report its doings next week.
—Wehavqthe cheapest lines and as
sortment of Buttons ever offered in
Greenesboro. Can match any shade of
fabric of divas goods.—Copelan, Seals <fc
Armor. -a
—An extra large aud attractive, stock
of Prints, Lawns, Muslins, Linens, etc.
just received. Do not fail to come to see
us and examine our goods.—W. A. Kim
brough & Cos.
—Ladies’ plain, corded, hemstitched,
colored and fancy bordered Hamlker
cluefs, the handsomest we have ever had;
all prices, styles aud beauty.—Copelan,
•Seals & Armor.
—We make low prices a specialty, and
try to save our customers money by com
ing to see us. Our stock is full and com
plete, aud we can please you.—W. A.
Kimbrough <fc Cos.
—Mr. W. A. Morgan, representing the
celebrated aud successful tolsaceo manu
factory of Rufus Carter & Cos., of Augus
ta, Ga., made the Home Journal a pleas
ant visit on Wodnesday.
—Send your orders to Clinton’s Bot
tling Works, Augusta, for pure soda wa
ter, sarsaparilla, ginger ale, pear cider,
etc. This is a reliable establishment aud
all goods are warranted to be first class.
—Over fifty different styles iu gents’,
young men and boys Straw Hats, light
shade stiff brims. The prettiest styles
you ever saw. We are headquarters be
yond a doubt for Hats.—Copelau, Seals
& Armor.
—All in want of Guano will please call
soon, as the supply is nearly exhausted
at Greenesboro, Onion Point and Craw
ford ville; the probability is that no more
will be ordered this season. B. Tappau,
White Plains, Ga. April 28, 1880.
—No lady in the town or country
should fail to see our elegant stock and
assortment of embracing all the
new importations. We think we excel
in this department. Please call and ex
amine our stock. —Copelan, heals & Ar
mor.
—Ladies, we have a line of fancy lisle
(iloves, Jersey patterns, which we are
offering at 10, 15, 20, 25 and 35 cents;
these Gloves arts truthfully worth twice
the price at wholesale. Such bargains as
these occur seldom in a life time.—Cope
lan, Seals & Armor.
—John Cartwright has now on hand at
his Planters and Globe Hotel ham 500
boxes of good cigars that he is retailing
at $1 a box. The idea that their cheap
ness requires a sticking plaster in order
to smoke them is absurd. They are dan
dies and are known as the ‘Little Cupid.*
Write and got a box before they are dis
posed of.
—The leadiug social event of this week
was tlie reception given by the Misses
Clayton at their residence on Wednesday
evening last. The entertainment was.
largely attended aud was in every wav a
charming affair. The supper was one of
the most elegant ever spread in (•reeatm
boio. All present enjoyed thcraselvea
immensely.
—Mr. M. D. L. Googer, sheriff of Talia
ferro county, died at Crawfordville on
last Saturday, and was buried on Sumlav
afternoon. lie had been Worshipful
Master of the Masonic order for many
years, and was highly esteemed by Ma
sons all over the country, lie had al s( >
[ been a Confederate soldier, having be
longed to thu Fprty-iiiwth Georgia. The
following Masons from this place attend*
•ml the funeral: Dr. J. E. Walker, Judaei
Win. M. Weaver, Messrs, li. F, UieLS,
j V II Winter, It W, Goodwin. J, AkS
I and*), Wat, Bp.ttU and o. f, Irby,