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GEORGIA HOME JOWRNAL.
W. ADDISON KNOWLES. Prop’r.
VOLUME XIV-NUMBER 19
THE BTH DISTRICT.
SO METE INC} FOB THE PEOPLE
TO BEAD AND PONDEB.
UNPARALLELED OFFICIAL ARROGANCE
OF ONE WHO WAS ELECTED TO
SERVE THE PEOPLE.
From voluminous and responsible writ
ten testimony volunteered to these col
umns, we present the case made against
the official conduct of Congressman
Reese in Morgan county (his birth place)
in relation to the postmastership of Mad
ison, and we put the matter into the
hands of the people of the Eighth Con
gressional district, merely premising that
we have the documents to substantiate
this publication, and the same can be
viewed by interested or skeptical parties
on application in person at this office:
As soon as it was definitely known that
Mr. Cleveland was elected President, Mr.
E. A. Furlow presented a petition to be
appointed postmaster at Madison, Ga.
Mr. Furlow is represented by our corres
pondence to have been a Democrat all
his life, to be peculiarly fitted by past
experience for the postmastership, and
he was indorsed for selection by a large
proportion of the Democrats of Morgan
county. “Knowing thdt Mr. Reese had
assured several prominent gent lenten of
Madison that a certain other applicant
would not receive his support,” Mr. Fur
low inclosed his petition to Mr. Reese,
requesting him to present it. Mo answer
was received to this request. On learn
ing that Mr. Blackburn had been nomi
nated for the position, Mr. Furlow com
municated with the Postoffice Depart
ment, with the following result, his (Mr.
Fnrlow’s) letter being dated more than
one year after his application had been
placed in the custody of Congressman
Reese:
Post Office Department, 1
Office First Assistant P. M. Gen’l, >
Washington, D. C., Mch 15, ’B6. )
Sir: Your communication of tlie 13tli
inst. inquiring whether a petition recom
mending you for Postmaster at Madi
son, Ga., has been received at this office.
In reply I beg leave to state that no such
petition was received. Very respect
fully, A. E. Stevenson,
First Ass’t P. M. General.
To E. A. Furlow, Madison, Ga.
On receipt of the above extraordinary
response from the Postoffice Department,
Mr. Furlow forwarded to President Cleve
land the following:
To His Excellency the President of the
United States:
I respectfully ask leave to lay before
your Excellency the following statement
of facts:
Early in the year 1885 I made out an
application for the Post Office at this
place and secured recommendations from
a large number of the leading citizens of
Morgan county. The application and
endorsements were at once transmitted
to Hon. Seaborn Reese, representing the
eighth Georgia district, to be placed on
file in the Post Office department.
I received no notification of the filing
of the application, but, thinking that it
had nevertheless been filed, I made no
further move in the matter until March
of the present year, when, at the sugges
tion of the Chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee of Morgan county,
I addressed a letter to the Post Office
Department, inquiring whether the appli
cation and endorsements were on file in
that department.
Within a few days I received a letter
from the First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral informing me that they had never
been received. I immediately wrote to
the Hon. Seaborn Reese politely asking
the return of my papers to me in order
that I might have them placed on file,
but as yet I have received no response
from him. Under these circumstances
I desire to renew my application, and I
herewith transmit to your Excellency en
dorsements from gentlemen who are pat
rons of the office at this place, who stand
high in the community, and who are un
swerving in their allegiance to the Demo
cratic party. Very resp’y submitted,
E. A. Furlow.
This petition was supplemented by
another from the citizens of Morgan
county, as follows:
To His Excellency the President:
We the undersigned citizens of Morgan
county, from our own personal knowledge
of Mr. E. A. Furlow cheerfully recom
mend him to your Excellency’s considera
tion in making an appointment of post
master for this place. His character and
integrity are above reproach. His intel
ligence and long experience in postal
affairs render him a fit and suitable per
son for the position. He is affable and
accommodating in his manners and has
the condfldence of the whole community.
From all we have seen and heard we hon
estly believe that he is the first choice of
a large majority of our people. He is a
strict Democrat in politics. That he is
ranked among “the most upright and in
tchigent” of our citizens is evinced by
the fact that the Jury Commissioners
have placed him on the Grand Jury of
the county.
In view of these facts we cheerfully
™commend him to your'Excellency, and
request that his claims be con
sidered_in making the appointment.
[Signed by Citizens of Madison.]
Meanwhile the applicant (Mr. Furlow)
* rote to Congressman Reese requesting
that his application be returned to him.
his mas not done, nor was any notice tak
-01 °f the request.
Failing ta all efforts to obtain the at
ntion of a public servant who in his of
capacity was being addressed in
16 name °I majority of his party on a
matter vital to the local concerns of a
community in the Congressional district
*l>'ch he was supposed to “represent,”
Chairman of the Democratic Execu
te Committee of Morgan eouuty wrote
|° “"gressman Reese for some explana
„ tlle “ unparalleled circumstances.
u " *Cm reply of the official who is
presumed to have been elected to serve
Amro ,,r *^ nt tll constituency of an
Staiin" 1 '•nKi-esslona! district and it
a citizen on whom it de
on * Mia ll the aid
‘ w ‘ wrt - >•*,**
Ixu.l •A'’*' response which had
by the “represent
to the specific matter on
which he had been written to at divers
times and dates, as we have seen. Here
it is:
House ow Rkphesestativks, I
Washington, D. C., March 23, 1886. )
T. P. Gibbs :
Sir—Had you lived hi Morgan county
longer, you would have known me too
well tO'liave ventured to write your two
impertinent letters. You would have
learned that I have never shirked an
honest and fearless discharge of every
duty, whether private, professional or
political. Always assuming whatever
responsibility, be it of a PERSONAL, or
political character, that attached to the
same. With this I dismiss you.
Seaborn Reese.
The italics and the CAPITALS herein
are Mr. Reese’s.
We put this matter of the Madison
postmastership with intentional brevity
before our readers. We are content to
leave the matter with the people of this
district. If they can afford to have a man
in Congress who when be pleases can
“shutout” a citizen from petition; who
can when it suits his sweet will pigeon
hole, pocket or destroy a paper intended
to be conveyed by him, in the exercise of
his functions as a public servant, to the
files of a department ef the government,
and especially when that paper fairly
represents the wishes and involves the
public business of a majority of an
American community—we say that if
the people of this or any other district
will assume that such a public servant
ought to be maintained by re-election in
the official relation which we deem that
he lias thus forfeited by his public acts—
then it is not the fault of this paper.
The Home Journal.
The Home Journal this week greets
its great and increasing number of read
ers with twelve pages and a supplement—
being sixteen full pages in all—which con
tain matter relating to all the subjects of
public interest that engross the newspa
per reader of today. This is the largest
edition as to circulation as well as to the
number of columns of printed matter,
namely, One hundred and twelve columns,
ever issued by a paper of this class.
We do not often boast in our own col
umns. For that reason we will no doubt
he forgiven if we once in a very great
while speak of ourself. The Home
Journal this week contains fifty-two and
a half columns of advertisements. We'he
lieve that no other weekly paper any
where in the United States ever equalled
such a display of business announcements.
Let ns supplement by saying that there
is not a card of the whole number which
is not contracted to be paid for at the
best prevailing rates for specific adver
tising, and there is not a “dead head”
notice in the lot For the unprecedented
patronage thus bestowed we very natur
ally and very properly feel proud and
grateful, first for the recognition thus
made of the undoubted value of the
Home Journal as an advertising me
dium, and, secondly, because we hold
that the alert, practical and discrimina
ting business man who patronizes these
columns is sure to reap’the reward of his
venture.
The Home Journai. this week, inde
pendently of its regular circulation, will
go broadcast into wide and well popula
ted fields. The present number will be
distributed freely and fully in localities
where thousands upon thousands will
receive it with welcome and read it with
avidity.
The valuable and interesting reading
pages also present pithy and pertinent
matter for all tastes, and light and grace
ful literature for those of “innocuous”
leisure.
Episcopal Picnic.
One of the most delightful occasions
it has been our lot to enjoy hereabout
was the picnic on last Friday of the Sab
bath scholars of the Church of the Re
deemer at the beautiful grove of Mrs.
O. E. Carmichael, just on the westerly
border of our city. The day opened
bright and genial, and so continued for
the greater part, although at 3 o’clock in
the afternoon the weather had a “picnic”
of its own, and it blew a brief hurricane
and poured a partial deluge. The com
modious hospitality of Mrs. Carmichael’s
mansion, however, and its contiguity,
prevented interruption to the joys of the
occasion, which were thus transferred to
her parlors. The attendance was perhaps
just numerous enough to insure every
one present a fullness of pleasure with
out needing to be selfish, and the feast
that was spread for the fortunate partici
pants would have made an eastern sover
eign stroke his beard with pride. The
children, of course, regarded the pleasur
able event as a special providence for them
and so it was, save that large slices of the
abundant enjoyment fell to the adult
guests. Everybody was bent on having
everybody else happy, and everybody,
having in this laudable purpose been
successful, the Episcopal picnic could
have been nothing but a very pronounced
success.
A. It. Goodyear & Cos.
Goodyear now ranks all other reposito
rians and vehicular manufacturers in the
South. Ilis tireless energy and exhaust
less inventive faculties have either pro
duced or reproduced the latest and most
unique wares that run on wheels along
our thoroughfares. The Goodyear Re
pository in Augusta is the best appointed
and best supplied establishment in this
section and it rivals the best anywhere
else. There is nothing in the shape of
lightest or heaviest carriages, wagons,
buggies, phaetons, cabriolets, etc., that
cannot be supplied to suit or made to ex
act order. The Goodyear hardware de-
Crtmeut is replete with home and farm
rdware, cutlery, guns, etc., of every
grade, and the shoe finding and leather
branch of the business is of the very best
class. But this is not all.lie lias lately add
ed anew department which at this season
is sure|to become a boom. He has accept
ed the agency for Wetherill’s Atlas Paints
(ready mixed), which are warranted to
he a genuine linseed oil paint, and every
can of which is fully guaranteed to give
satisfaction. It can he applied by any
person, and imparts a beautiful gloss and
| finish. Sample cards will Im seut on ap
| plication, and colors not found thereon
can fie supplied to order witiiout addition
ial charge. This paint ou large orders is
shipped in hulk, and express and freight
charges are thereby lessened end exact
evenness of result at the same Uuie as
sured . Our farmer friends and other*
should note Goodyear’s great announce*
mom on another pngs.
DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE.
GREENESBORO. GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 7. 1886-TWELVE PAGES.
THE STATE PRESS.
THE ASSOCIATION HOLDS ITS
MEETING IN MACON.
MAGNIFICENT HOSPITALITY EXTENDED
BY THE CENTRAL CITY TO THE
KNIGHTB OF THE PEN.
Our recent visit to Macou, reminded us
that it was in that beautiful city, a quar
ter of a century ago, that our eyes first
saw the light. It was in the classic halls
of its renowned Wesleyan Female College
that our mother received her diploma,
and it was in Macon, associated with Mr.
Simri Rose, of fragrant memory, that our
father journalized the Messenger for
nearly a decade which included the days
that tried men’s patriotism and prowess,
from 1856 to 1865. With trebly attractive
ties, then, Macon now looms to our view
a city of magnificent proportions and in
vestments of surpassing loveliness. She
was early in the field of varied manufac
tures aud industries which have wonder
fully added to her growth and opulence.
Her excellent institutions of learning
and enlarging railroad facilities give as
surance that at no remote day Macon
will bo one of the largest intellectual,
commercial and manufacturing centres of
the South, as she is cerfiiinly already one
of the most fascinating of cities. We are
proud of the “Central City,” the city of
our birth.
MEETING OF THE CONVENTION.
The convention of the Georgia Press
Association hold last week was a most
delightfnl affair. The asssociation had
been invited by Mr. H. C. Hanson, of the
Telegraph, to hold this, the eighteenth
annual session, in Macon. A more ap
propriate place could not have been cho
sen, and a large number of editors gath
ered to enjoy the many attractions witli
which that city abounds, as well as to ac
cept the courtesies which she never fails
to extend to her guests.
The convention assembled at the
Brown House on Thursday morning, 29tli
ult., Col. J. H. Estill presiding. After
the transaction of routine business the
election of officers took place. The pre
sent worthy incumbent, Col. Estill, of
the Savannali News, was re-elected Presi
dent, a position he has held to the satis
faction of the whole press for the past
.sixteen years. It was qertainly an honor
he well deserved and heartily appreciates.
The following officers were also unani
mously re-elected: First Vice-President,
J. W. Burke; Second Vice-President, T.
L. Gantt; Treasurer, S. R. Weston; Re
cording Secretary, J. W. Chapman; Cor
responding Sec’y, W. Addison Knowles.
Executive Committee —Geo. P. Wood, J.
W. Stanton, John Triplett, C. R. Pendle
ton and J. W. Anderson. The President
then announced that invitations had
been received to drive about the city, to
visit Wesleyan Female College and to at
tend a banquet given by the citizens at
nine o’clock. The convention then ad
journed to reassemble at 7 o’clock. .
PLEASANT DRIVE.
In the afternoon the members of the
Fourth Estate and ladies were provided
with carriages for the purpose of viewing
Macon, Rev. J. W. Burke, of the Advo
cate, and Mr. H. C. Ilanson taking charge
of the party. Mr. C. B. Willingham, of
the extensive and enterprising firm of C.
B. &C. E. Willingham, chaperoned us. A
more affable and genial gentleman we
have seldom met, and we feel under spe
cial obligations for his many kind atten
tions during our visit. Macon, which
stands in such majestic beauty on the
banks of the Ocmulgee river, lias many
points of interest, and at this season ol
the year presents a charming appearance.
Among the notable places visited dur
ing the drive was Wesleyan Female Col
lege, the finest college building in the
Etate. The Association was met by
President Bass and members of the fac
ulty, who escorted it through the build
ing, where they were met by a bevy of
young ladies. A varied and interesting
programme by the pupils of this far
famed institution was then gone through
with. The reception was highly appre
ciated. The fraternity was delighted at
the opportunity of viewing the streets
lined with handsome residences, church
es and substantial public buildings, and
pronounced Macon one of the most beau
tiful cities of our great old common
wealth.
The association reconvened at 7 o’clock.
At the night session it was announced
that the next meeting would be held at
Valdosta, and from there an excursion be
made to Cuba, It was also decided that
the association attend the unveiling of
the Hill Statue in Atlanta and the Cha
tham Artillery Centennial in Savannah,
the Central Railroad having extended the
courtesy of an excursion. The conven
tion then adjourned.
THE BANQUET.
The banquet Thursday night was a su
perb success. The tables fairly groaned
with the luscious viands. Capt. John C.
Rutherford was master of ceremonies and
invited the guests to partake of this boun
tiful feast. Capt. Rutherford introduced
Col. A. R. Lamar of the Telegraph, who
in behalf of the citizens of Macon elo
quently welcomed the visitors, paying a
glowing tribute to the press, which in
behalf of the association was appropri
ately responded to by Col. J. H. Estill.
The sentiment “Georgia” was ably re
sponded to by Hon. Patrick Walsh, of
the Augusta Chronicle. Short but elo
quent aud loudly applauded speeches
were delivered by Capt. John C. Ruther
ford, of Macon, Col. Tyler M. Peeples, of
the Gwinnett Herald, Mr. R. W. Patter
son, of Macon, Mr. W. E. Mumford, of
the Talbotton Era, Mr. J. F. Ilanson and
other distinguished gentlemen. The en
tertainment was greatly enjoyed, and re
flected the greatest credit on tlie energy,
liberality and hospitality of the people
of the Central City. It was witli reluc
tance that we took our departure.
ON TO ATLANTA.
From Macon the Press Association pro
ceeded to Atlanta to participate in the
ceremonies graphically and fully des
cribed in these pages. Thence many of
them visited Savannah, whose gala cele
bration the writer was forbidden by
pressing engagements to enjoy,
CARD OF THANKS.
Following are the resolutions adopted
by the committee appointed to express
the acknowledgments of the Georgia
Press Association to those of Maeou who
so generously contributed to the pleas
ures and success of Us annual conveutiou
in Ural city :
It is the delight aud the privilege of
the Georgia Press Association to express
through ue medium of the following re-
solutions their recognition of the pleas
ant social incidents and distinguished
courtesies which marked their receut
session at Macon, Georgia.
To this end, the committee to whom
was assigned that duty respectfully sub
mit the following resolves:
That the thanks of the Georgia Press
Association are due and are hereby ten
dered to the Central Railroad of Georgia,
to the Georgia Railroad, to the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad,
and to the Savannah, Florida and West
ern Railroad for esteemed courtesies and
accommodation.
That our grateful acknowledgments
are due and are hereby heartily extended
to the citizens of Macon for their soulful
and successful efforts to make the late
session of the Press Association in that
city one of the most notable and memo
rable reunions in our history.
That for especial kindnesses and cour
tesies on the part of our brethren of the
Telegraph and the Evening News the
proprietors, managers; and editors of
those journals are entitled to our unaf
fected and unstinted thanks, and the same
are hereby tendered.
That to Messrs. H. C. Hanson and
Bridges Smith, of the Telegraph, and
Rev. J. W. Burke of the Wesleyan Chris
tian Advocate we render express recog
nition of their untiring and timely aid in
all that tended to make the late conven
tion ono of the most pleasurable on re
cord.
That to the noble citizens of Macon
the Press Association is indebted for the
magnificent banquet with which it was
honored at the Brown House on the oc
casion of this meeting; and to the pro
prietors of that hotel we return thanks
for marked courtesies.
To President W. O. Bass, of the oldest
female college in the world, and to his
pupils (the youngest and prettiest ladies
in the world) the Press Association is
more than unanimous in praises and
thanks for the select and elegant enter
tainment vouchsafed during its sojourn
in Macon. The Association and this
Committee are in perfect accord in ex
pressing the hope that the joys which
await them severally in after life shall in
nowise be less than those which they shed
by their presence and talents upon the
members of this Association collectively.
That the journals represented in the
Georgia Press Association be requested
to publish the foregoing resolves.
W. Addison Knowles,
it. W.‘ Grubb,
W. E. Mumfobd,
Committee.
ODDS AND ENDS.
JOBT A LICK AT LOCALS THAT WOULD
NOT BE CROWDED OUT.
—There wilt be a basket picnic at
Park’s Mills on Friday the 14th of May.
—Buy blank bookg and stationery of all
kinds at Griffin Dr ng. 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 Statiouery in town. Call and
see it.
—Try it! try it—and you’ll use no other.
The great Momaja coffee.—Rossman
Gardner.
—Fragrant, exhilarating, refreshing,
inspiring—the Momaja coffee.—Rossman
ifc Gardner.
—We have a lovely line of Hand-hags,
assorted colors and low prices.—Copelan,
Seals & Armor.
—Fresh, new canned goods of best
quality and variety just received at Ross
man & Gardner’s.
—Big lot Hammocks just received at
Copelan, Seals >fc Armor’s for ladies’,
gents and children, 7octs.
—Nothing in the way of coffee has ever
approached in excellence the Momaja,
for sale at Rossman & Gardner’s.
—lf the use of your tooth brush is
painful, heal your mouth with Delecta
lave. For sale at the Griffin Drug Store.
—W. A. Kimbrough & Cos., have a
beautiful line of spring calicoes, muslins,
and white goods. Call and examine their
stock.
—The Momaja coffee is the most aro
matic sold. It is from the great house of
Tkurber & Cos., New York.—Rossman &
Gardner.
—White and colored Mattiug and floor
Gil Cloth, in abundance, assorted pat
terns, from 12$cts per yard up.—Copelan,
Seals & Armor.
—Twenty-five different styles of ladies’,
nisses and children Slippers, embracing
every new style made, all sizes and prices
—Copelan, Seals & Armor.
—Buggy Umbrellas, 36 to 40 inches,
from $2.00 up, assorted colors. Hand
umbrellas for 40cts up. We are first
lands for umbrellas.-Copelan, Seals <6
Armor.
—Tarter on the teeth is always per
nicious, causing the gums to be swollen,
Biflamed and spongy. Keep it off by
using Delectalave. For sale at the Grif
ftr. Drug Store.
—Full line of Cornice Rolls received
this week in cherry, ebony and brass;
canplete with rings and drapery pins.
Ask to see them and get prices.—Cope
lsn, Seals A Armor.
—Rev. H. M. Quillian, of the White
Hains and Hastings circuit, preached at
tic Methodist church an interesting ser
non on Sunday night last. He made a
pleasant visit to the Home Journal on
Itonday.
—There is no use in sending off for
Silverware. We have a show case full
tf everythihg you could want or desire
ii this line; we have it and at prices that
teat the cities all hollow. Single, double
md tripple plate.—Copelan, Seals & Ar
mor.
—Onr warehouse Is now full of new
luggics for the spring trade. Top and
•pen Buggies; single and double Buggies:
lector’s Phaetons; one and two horse
(Vagons, all prices. No trouble to suit
fou in style and prices.—Copelan, Seals
t Armor.
—One of the cleverest young gentle
men and most capable, affable and popu
lar business men in Augukta is Mr. James
E. Tarver, witli John Bones Moore, hard
ware, ou Brood street. Mr. Tarver will
easily win distinction in the business cir
cles of that cl ty.
—Misses Annie ami Kate Franchaut,
who have added so much to the pleasure
of our society for the past few weeks, re
turned to their home in Schenectady, N.
Y., on Monday last. They have many
warm friends in our city who will always
give them a cordial wcloome,
—Do you wake up witli a bad taste iu
your mouth 1 If so brush vour teeth
well night aiul morning with a tooth
brush moistened with IMleetalave, then
rinse thoroughly witli DelecUlave which
will neutralise any aridity in tfie saliva,
and keep your month sweet and clean,
Fur sale at the Griffin Drug Hto.e,
CORRESPONDENCE.
OUB BUSY NEWS GATHEBEBS
WHO NEVEB TIBE.
MAKING OUT OF THE MARROW OF MANY
THINGS A BURFEIT OF SWEET AND
SATISFYING MORBEJJ3,
HASTINGS.
Farmers are plowing upland corn
this week.
.... A mad dog passed Mr. Pete O’Neal’s
last week, and bit one of his dogs.
Mr. Pete O’Neal one of our best far
mers, took a short trip to the Gate City
last week.
Mrs. Shed has been quite sick for
several days, hut we hope she will soon
recover.
....Mr. Geo. D. Moore had all of his
hands to leave him last week. We hope
lie will he able to fill their places again
soon.
The school at Hastings continues
to increase in numbers and interest. It
has forty-nine pupils now, and the erv
is, “Still they come,”
Mr. Frank Williams is putting up
a fine wheat mill. He expects to get an
engine and be ready for this crop of
wheat. Success to him.
Several young ladies heard not
long since that eating peas would make
them pretty, and they have been eating
them ever since. They eat them between
meals.
....Messrs, Oliver Jk Bowden have
about finished their saw-mill, and will
commence sawing soon for Mr. Dave
Wright. We wish them much success in
their enterprise.
.... Mr. E. C. Bowden hauled off the
last of cotton last week. He is a corn
raiser; consequently can hold cotton as
long as he pleases. We wish we hail
more such farmers.
• ..Mr. C. C. Bowden, one of our ener
getic and progressive men, will plow his
Bermuda bottoms with his traction en
gine this year. That looks like catching
up with the Old World.
Mr. Rainwater bought a small saw
last week. He tried it to see if it would
cut, and found that it would. He has
had his hand tied up since. We hope he
will try something harder next time.
....Mr. Milus Oliver put about two
hundred and fifty carp in his fish-pond
last week, and Mr. Frank Williams put
several hundred in liis some time ago.
Carp will be plentiful here in a few years.
—The SabbatJi school at Hastings
now meets at nine and a half o’clock A.
M. We hope to see an increase in schol
ars and interest now. Come out, parents,
add bring your children, and encourage
the Superintendant and teachers in tlieir
noble work.
The patrons have put an arbor
around the academy at Hastings, which
adds much to the appearance and comfu,
of the house. They will build an addition
next summer to the academy. That will
be sufficient to seat all the pupils com
fortably. Then we will have a fine school
all the time. Good school-houses attract
patronage from a distance.
Jonah.
SHILOH.
....Spring oats on bottom land look
promising.
—Local news comes up about as scat
tering as cotton.
We heard a lady sav that Mr. J. C.
West looked better in his old age. We
always predicted a change of this kind
for Jess.
—Cool mornings make young cotton
and the negro look sick; while the white
man goes round whistling as if spring
would never end.
.... .Col. Joe Davison, of Woodville, on
Friday killed near his house a large eagle.
It is likely that Friday’s gale brought
him from a more Northern latitude. Mr.
D. is the brag shot of Woodville.
Shiloh is situated two miles from
Penfield and five from Greenesboro, and
lias one of the oldest churches in the
Georgia Association. It now numbers
in membership about one hundred, com
posed of an industrious, self-supporting
people. Their trade is sought for by the
merchants of Greene who do business at
convenient distances from them. For
piety and qualifications essential to mak
ing a good neighborhood, they are fully
up with any community. Nine-tenths of
the people attend church, and three
fourths are church members. For good
behavior during divine services it stands
at the head of the list. We produce this
brief sketch of Shiloh that strangers
might not form erroneous opinions of her
people. In our Brofher Tattler’s locals
of last week he asserts that Shiloh might
have a better Sunday school if there
were not so mauy bosses, and would be
more interesting if Mr. J. J. Sanders
were allowed to conduct the school in his
own way. We do not know the motive
of our neighbor correspondent, but we
do know that tho locals are calculated to
mislead those who are not acquainted
with Shiloh people.
Vulcan.
UNION POINT.
Some few of our farmers are chop
ping cotton.
Protracted meeting will begin here
next Sunday.
Mr.- J. M. Norman, of Atlanta, was
down Sunday.
A select party picnicked at Mr. J.
E. Carlton’s fish pond Monday.
....The Pickwick Club will meet at
the Terraces Friday night, the 7tli.
.... Mr. J. W. Tunnell will have the
school house ready iu about six weeks.
....Mr. J. B. McLaughlin, who has
been quite sick, is up and will soon be
out again.
... .Mr. A. P. Norman and wife, of Au
gusta, are visiting the family of Mr. G.
T. Norman.
.... People In our vlcinty are about
through planting 7f cents weed (cotton),
as they call it
....Mr. Bernard Freeman, of Balti
more, is visiting his family at the Ter
races this week.
~..Mr. and Mr*. K. 11. Bowden atten
ded the unveiling of the Hill statue, in
Atlanta, Saturday last.
~..The recent rains have brought up
• rail grass, as the saying goes, as thick
as the hair on mule’s back.
.... Not much faith is put iu the report
that the rouvicts to grade the Union
I'ulnt and White Plains Railroad will
reach here Wednesday.
Xknia.
WOODVILLE.
The cotton crop is about planted.
.... The meazles have infested our town.
Several cases reported.
Please, Sarah, boss, lend me a quar
ter to have my garry-type tuck.
Mr. Ilamp is equipped with a su
perior pair of maxillary bones. •
The telephone erected by W. P.
McWhorter last week works admirably.
Mr. Justice peace, I gin my sister’s
child a yellin’, I want you to tie it on by
law, so it can’t be tuck for tax.
One of our neighbors is composting
three hundred bushels cotton seed with
barnyard scrapings to manure crab grass.
The annual election of officers for
Woodville Sunday School last Sabbath re
sulted almost entirely in the re-election
of the old body. ,
Col. Joe Davison shot what is
thought to be an Eagle last Saturday. It
measured 5 feet six inches from tip to
tip. Its beak and talons together, with
its size and plumage indicate a species of
the bird tribe seldom if ever seen in this
country.
... .It was the pleasure of your corres
pondent to attend a very enjoyable May
picnic at Capt. J. F. Geer’s. The Cap
tain and his excellent family know just
how to gladden the hearts of young peo
ple, and they are always glad to attend
their entertainments.
On Saturday before the third Sun
day in this mouth, immediately after
church conference, will he sold at public
outcry, a good organ, known as Stone
wall Sabbath school organ. It has been
pronounced by some of the most compe
tent piano and organ tuners to be an in
strument of very superior quality, aiid
those wishing to buy will do well to he
present and give it a bid.
Our sympaties run out for our old
fathers who are forced by circumstances
to drag out their very existence upon
tlieir worn out farms. It is trying to one’s
patience the care of a family buying all
that’s needed on credit, the unreliability,
shiftlessness and slowness of the labor
things going at loose ends without rem
edy. It is not to be wondered at that
they sometimes express themselves in
terms like this one did. Drive up John
confound it. With a jerk of the lines and
healthy stroke of the whip John tried to
add to that mule’s recollection.
Alert.
The Military Company.
Persuant to a call in the Greenesboro
papers last week a meeting was held at
the City Hall on last Monday afternoon
for the purpose of taking steps toward
the organization of a military company
for Greene county.*
On motion of Col. n. T. Lewis, Capt
W. 11. Branch was called to the chair, who
after calling the meeting to order stated
the object of the meeting,
Mr. A. S. Seals read a communication
from Capt. J. C. Hart of Union Point in
which lie expressed regrets that he could
not he present at the meeting and pledged
himself to do all in his power to advance
the interests of the company.
About thirty-five permanent members
were enrolled, and on motion of Col. H.
T. Lewis a committee of five was appoint
ed by the chair to secure additional mem
bers and make arrangements for the per
manent organization of the company.
Col. H. T. Lewis, Messrs. J. S. Hall, C. M.
King, A. S. Seals, and Jas. L. Brown, Jr.
were appointed.
On motion the mooting then adjourned
to meet again on next Monday afternoon
(May 10th,) at 3.30 o’clock.
Every man in the county who feels an
interest in the organization is requested
to be present. It is intended to make
this a company for Greene county and
not Greenesboro alone.
By order of tho meeting.
J. 11. Gheesling, Sec’y.
It is a fact that no community ought
to be without a well disciplined and
available corps of some kind, for no mat
ter how piping might be the times of
peace in our midst, we do not know at
what time, in the constant change of so
cial conditions, such a force might prove
needful to the hour aud tho occasion.
Let us have a military company.
Mr. David Shaver.
A city business canvasser for an es
tablishment of any description must have
gifts that are inherent and inimitable.
When a man talks “advertisement” or
“job,” or “card” or anything else, for
that matter, for such a house, for in
stance as J. M. Richards’, in Augusta,
everybody knows that the work will he
first class and utterly satisfactory and
wholly desirable and obviously moder
ate in price; and yet if there were not
the genius of the canvasser to come upon
the scene just at a crisis in the mina of
the merchant or trader or other possible
advertiser lie would let slip theopportuni
ty of his life. Hence a canvasser is an “es
sential,” and if he be a David Shaver, he
will be an “indispensable.” When we
see him coming, we throw up our hands
and give up the fight. He means bus
iness, and lie gets our order.
... . —■
The Adkins House.
The Adkins House in Augusta is des
tined to take its place among the most
famous hostelries of that city, as it is al
ready a great favorite with the quiet and
home-loving class of travelers and res
idents. The terms are moderate indeed
compared witli the charges of other
houses, and the fare and accommodations
in our opinion are equal to those of any
hotel in the city. The wagonette of the
Adkins House, which is met every ar
rival of trains, is the most elegant ve
hicle in the South. Twenty additional
rooms are to be added to the Adkins, and
the whole structure is to he repainted in
and out. It will then lie the most attrac
tive structure we know of. It now lias
telephone and telegraph communication
all over the city, and contaius other mod
em conveniences.
Woman's Missionary Society.
The annual meeting of the Woman’s
Missionary Society will bo held a Salem
church, Greene Circuit, on Saturday,
May 15, beginning at 11 o’clock, a. m.
I’rof. T. C. Conaway will have charge of
the music, Quite a number of excellent
songs have been selected for the occasion.
Appropriate addresses will he delivered.
Reports from all the soctetina on the
Circuit will lie read, including our owu.
Every arrangement will he made to make
the meeting one of interest and profit.
The public are cordially Invited to at
tend. Mrs. W. F. Anson,
I’lesidwrt W, M. B,
TERMS:—S2.OO per Annum, In Advance.
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St - Louis - March 3, 1886.
Messrs. Barrett & Cos., Augusta, Ga •
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St. Louis, March 3, 1886.
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