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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. —■■■■ ■ • A 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,