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GEMMA HOME JOURNAL.
W. ADDISON KNOWLES, Prop’r.
VOLUME XIV-NUMBER 4
HIS LAST ACCOUNT
EX-PRESIDENT ARTHUR DIES
IN NEW YORK CITY.
THE NATION LOSES A GOOD MAN WHOM
ALL GOOD MEN WILL MOURN A8
A CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN.
Ex-President Chester A. Arthur died
suddenly at his home in New York cjfty
on Wednesday morning, NovembA I*7,
at 5 oclock. His death was entirely un
expected save by those of his immediate
household. It was widely known that
he had long suffered from a complica
tion of ailments growing, no doubt, out
of his peculiar habits of living, and he
had been an intermittent victim to
Bright’s disease for several years; but
it was not generally suspected that his
condition was serious, and few were
prepared for the news of his death.
Mr. Arthur’s public career is part of
the nation’s history. He had been a
prominent figure in Republican politics
since the birth of that party, but he pre
served a singularly conservative tenor
throughout. In all the vexations and
passions of party strife Mr. Arthur main
tained an even balance that secured the
kindly opposition while it held the affec
tions and favor of his owu organization.
He will rank in history as a man of
greater tact, perhaps, than talent, but on
no page will his individual virtues be
hiddeu by any act of his public life.
Looking back into the period of his
greatest popularity with his own party,
we find that party at the zenith of its au
dacious and ambitious life; and yet we
cannot recall a single declaration of
profession by the dead statesman that
would seem to fit him precisely into the
partisan and sectional groove in which
the policy of Radicalism was wont of ne
cessity to run.
Though his administration was not lu
minous in all respects, it was bright,
airy and genial in its domestic character
istics. .Every American felt instinctively
that the country was entirely safe under
his guidance, and he did much in his hon
est and frank way to make the whole peo
ple happy under his Presidency. He
came into office without unusual notice
save as the successor to a stricken prin
cipal; he performed its responsible func
tions with good judgment and sober and
conservative spirit, and he went out of
power respected and admired, if not be
loved, by every man who loves this laud.
We give below a glimpse of his acitve
career: Ex-President Chester A. Arthur
was born in Franklin county, Vt., Oct.
5, 1830, and was the oldest child of
Rev. Dr. William Arthur, a Baptist cler
gyman, who emigrated to America from
county Antrim, Ireland. His father was
a man of remarkable ability and influ
ence, and filled many important posi
tions.
Ex-President Arthur was educated at
Union College, graduating in the class of
1860, He taught school in Vermont two
year* and saved SSOO, with which he
jvent to New York city and entered the
law office of Ex-Judge Culver as a stu
dent. After his admission to the bar he
formed a partership with Henry D. Gard
ner, and together they went West, but
not finding a suitable location they re
turned to the city and obtained a lucra
tive practice in a short time. The firm
was very successful. Mr. Arthur mar
ried the daughter of Captain Herndon
of the U. S. navy. Mrs. Arthur died
some five pr six years ago, Mr. Arthur
made a national reputation first in the
celebrated Lemon slave case, and after
wards figured in a number of cases in
volving the rights of negroeg and slave
holders.
>lr, Arthur was a delegate to the cel
brated Saratoga Convention that found
ed the Republican party. In 18(50 he held
the office of Inspector General on the
staff of Governor E D. Morgan, and soon
became Quartermaster General, and it is
said that he made no money out of the
office, and he refused to receive any
presents from contractors and others.
His fidelity to the trust reposed in him
was considered remarkable at the time.
After the expiration of Gov. Morgan's
term of office, Gen. Arthur returned to
the law and did an immense practice,
largely in war claims. He was for a
time counsel for the City Tax Commis
sioner at a salary of SIO,OOO per annum,
and he gradully went into politics. He
was appointed Collector of Customs of
the Port of New York by President Grant
ill November, 1871, which office he held
until he was removed by President Hayes
in July, 1878, although his conduct as
Collector had been vindicated by the
reports of two special committees of
the House of Representatives. During
the period of his service he collected
and paid into the Treasury more than a
thousand millions of dollars ip gold coin.
He had a wide acquaintance witli the
public meu of the country and had long
enjoyed personal popularity. Asa del
egate to the Chicago Conveotiorgof JSBO,
lie was one of the immortal 306 who ns*
eeived the Grant medal.
He was nominated over five other can
didates at the same Chicago Convefp
tion, and on the death of President Gajv
field became President of the United
States.
Hon. S. S. Cox, speaking of the occa
sion, says:
“Immediately after the death of Presi
ident Garfield Vice President Arthur
took the oath of office according to the
requirements of the Constitution. How
skillfully and courteously he managed
the grand trusts of the high office to
■yrhicli ho succeeded is now recognized. He
•was well equipped for Executive duties,
as a man of education, of great knowl
edge of ailairs, and as a lawyer and a
practical man of business. He retired
from the office of President with the best
wishes of every ope with whom lie came
iu contact, lie had many severe trials
couuected with the hail administration of
affairs in the postoffice and other tle
portmentsof the government. He also
hail some stormy times with jiartisuns
because lie tried to he just to the country;
but amid all the distractions of ills par
ty and tlie state, lie maintained Mist
dignity which I n i i >iiics the president of
a nation whose past lias a wondrous les
son, whose present luts guetl S supreme
ijuty, atul whose future such a radiaut
hope.”
P.k.President Arthur was buried near
AlltMiy. if, V., on Tuesday last. Presj.
.lent I'bveJaud was present, though the
rreMoo)*M wire unusually unusteuto
liou.t
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Boyles Bolt Whits Flow.
lire aMspMon of out farmer friends is
ilu) I#!} Mftl Mltif Ml UK#*
Tlie Boodle Clang.
As all the world knows, Broadway is
the pride of New Y ork city, and for more
than a century such a thing as its being
deformed by a street car track was not
dreamed of by the Knickerbockers in
their wildest nightmare. To run a vulgar
car over the Belgian block pavement
through a thoroughfare where not even a
street sign was allowed to project across
the walk, was an audacious step, and the
Aldermanic board that would grant a
charter for so vile a purpose was sure to
go into political oblivion.
And yet such an Aldermanic board was
found, and under a certain kind of reas
oning it was induced to pass the desired
franchise. The Aldermen were bribed
outright to vote for the bill, and they re
ceived ten to thirty thousand dollars each
for their scoundrelism. The road was rap
idly pushed to completion and today is
the best known street railroad of the me
tropolis.
How very naturally and gently the pro
jectors of this road, among whom was
the notorious Jake Sharp, fell upon the
fkeak spot in the Aldermanic com
position! The pay of a New York Aider
man is not much, and the place has been
annually filled for years by the lowest
and last orders of men. Barroom bullies,
rum-heads, low ward politicians and in
some instances well known thieves, have
been easily elected Aldermen by the
“boys” who bang about the slums, dives
and cellars of certain wards of the wick
ed city. In reality, the position of Al
derman in New York has been utterly
without honor or dignity for years. But
the value or profit of the place has been
quite another thing. The pickings and
stealings were sometimes good, and even
if punishment and retirement followed
exposure or confession, it was quite easy
to see that the Aldermen would readily
figure out that §20,000 of cash boodle as
a bribe was better pay than ten years of
honest Aldermanic service at $1,500 per
year.
Well, the scoundrels got their money,
and the State is getting them. One of
the number, a German, whose $20,000
bribe made him giddy, let the cat out of
the bag, and the procession is moving
slowly towards the State Prison.
Twenty-two Aldermen were engaged
in this infamous robbery of the people,
thirteen to pass the bill granting the
franchise and then nine more to pass it
over the Mayor’s veto. Of the thirteen
Jaehtie is in State prison, DeLacy,
Dempsey and Sayles are in exile, Duffy
and Fullgraff have chosen the only way
to escape one fate or the other, and have
turned informers. McQuade is on trial.
McLaughlin and Kenny are dead, Mc-
Cabe is crazy, and O’Neil, Cleary and
Reilly are said to be sane and to be
awaiting trial. Of the other nine indict
ed aldermen Rothman lias fled to Ger
many, Waite is ail informer, and Fearley,
Finck, Kirk, Miller, Pearson, Sbiels and
Wendel remain under heavy bail.
The confessions of Waite, Fullgraff
and Duffy are directly to the point, and
amount to conclusive testimony. There
is no reason to doubt but that every man
of the famous boodle gang put upon
trial, will be promptly convicted.
The trial of this great case and the
results already obtained have had a pow
erful effect upon the whole country.
Taken in connection with the Tweed,
Fish and other convictions, it is sufficient
to convince everybody that right is
stronger than evil in our great metopolis.
It is a pleasure to reflect that this impor
tant work, while carried out by the
splendid courage and detemination of
the prosecuting officers and detectives,
was largely aided by the press. Indeed,
it is true, that but for the press the
Anal result would have been different.
It was the newspapers that first cried
fraud and wormed out the bits of evi
dence for the detectives. It was the
newspapers that arrayed public senti
ment against these men, and paved the
Vay for conviction, ami it was the news
papers that broke down the shield raised
above their heads and made a bribed
jury impossible.
Charles Francis Adams.
Hon, Charles Francis Adams died
Sunday morning at bis residence in Bos
ton, Mass, He had suffered for some
five years from brain trouble, arising
from overtaxing his brain in literary
work, upon which he was engaged. He
was the third son of John Quincy Ad
ams, and was born in Boston, August
1807.
His wife, who survives him, is a daugh
ter of the late Peter C. Brooks, of Med
ford, whom he married fifty-eight years
ago, and by whom he had five sons and
two daughters. Two have died, those
living being Hon. John Quincy, Hon.
Charles Francis, Henry, Brooks and
Mary, The latter is the wife of Dr.
Quincy Dedham. The funeral took
place on Tuesday afternoon from the
Congregational Church at Quincy.
The deceased played a prominent part
in the political history of his day, as
well as holding an enviable prominence
in the world of letters and political econ
omy. in 1848 he was the candidate of the
Free Soil party for Vice President of the
Unified States. In 1858r60 he was elected
member of Congress on the Republican
ticket. From 1861 to 1868 he was Min
ister to the Court of gt. James, and,
though his position was a delicate one,
it is almost needless to say that his du
ties were performed with tact and dis
cretion. In 1880 he served as one of the
arbitrators of the Alabama claims, and
in 1875 was the candidate of the Dem
ocracy for Massachusetts. He had a
high sense of justice which was charac
teristic ,}ly expressed once when, in fav
oring a gentleman with his autograph,
he attached his signature to the sentf
went: “Peace if possible, justice at any
An Incident.
The New York Hun of Monday says:
“A sight will he seen today at Harvard
College which lias never been seen before.
A Democratic President of the United
States will inarch to dinner together
with a Democratic president of the col
lege. This will lie the greatest day
that Harvard has ever seen, ami the
s|tccisl feature of the occasion should
not go unnoticed. The one is the first
Democratic President of the Union iu
twenty-five years, Mid we believe the
other is the first Democratic President
that Harvard has ever luulj and he has
declared In tit clf g Demacrat since My.
Cleveland's election only,”
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Tha Holiday*.
Fur holiday piceeiil* of jewelry, gems,
silverware, wat* lies, ur for all such goods
regardless of the bolidey itrarm. the
place to uuiciiese is J, 4, Minster's
DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE.
GREENESBORO, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 20. 1886.-EIGHT PAGES.
CORRESPONDENCE.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS NOTES
WE PUT IN PICKLE.
THIS DONE SO THAT IF SET ASIDE FOB
A FUTURE RELISH THEY CAN BE
RELIED ON TO “ KEEP.”
GRESHAMVILLE.
We made a hasty visit to Greshamville
last Saturday and were the guest of the
family of one of her active and prosper
ous farmers, Mr. William Armstrong.
This community is well and widely
known for its rigid sobriety and religious
zeal. On general questions it is invaria
bly on the moral side by a pronounced
majority, and its material aspect is that
of a thrifty, clean and clever community
of contented citizens. Gresliamville has
a Christian Temperanee Union under the
auspices of the good women of the vicin
age, but whose objects are fostered and
shared in by all persons irrespective of
sex. Its membership roll would honor
any town in the land. Between one hun
dred and forty and one hundred and fifty
names appear thereon, and well attended
and interesting monthly meetings take
place in the academy, adjacent to the
village, where pleasant entertainments in
the way of declamations, essays, ad
dresses, etc., are provided by a suitable
and proficient committee of members.
These meetings occur on each fourth Sat
urday night. The last was well attended,
and was presided over by Mr. William
Armstrong. The young ladies of Gresh
amville compose the remaining ofiicials
of the Union, and they are efficient, earn
est and devoted. We might add in all
trutii that they are gifted atid beautiful,
but we know that young women who em
bark in this self-sacrificing and Christian
work care little for panegyrics. And vet
one cannot wonder liow men will some
times be brutes in the same sphere where
women shine as angels. But this is not so
at Greshamville. If her young women
are rosy with health and radiant with
physical and moral loveliness, at least the
men of Greshamville are sober. Nearly
every male member of her population is
enrolled on the lists of the Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union, and it is a
most flourishing and enduring society.
Mr. Bismuth Miller addressed it on Sat
urday evening last.
POWELL’S MILLS.
Mr. Ben Kinnebrew attended the
fair at Athens.
... .Our industrious farmers are hust
ling to get their wheat sowed.
The opossum and coon hunters are
on the war path these lovely moonlight
nights.
....We are pleased to see that after a
long dry spell we are having refreshing
showers.
... .The cotton fields are beginning to
look deserted. The cotton is nearly all
picked out.
... .We are sorry to learn that Mr. J.
S. Kell intends moving to Jackson county.
We wish him success in his new home.
.... We are always on the alert for our
Greenesboro Home Journal on Friday.
It is the best weekly journal in the State.
... Mr. J. T. Burgess, one of our thri
ving young farmers, after making a for
tune this year farming will emigrate to
Texas, where he intends punching bulls.
Mr. S. Bernstein has disposed of
his entire place to Frank Barnett, one of
the most industrious colored men in
Greene county, and will remove from
Powell’s Mills.
Observer.
11l Memoi-ium,
• "• "
Mis. Virgil Adair died of consumption
at her home near Madison, Morgan coun
ty, Ga., November 2, 1886. She was in
her 42d year. She leaves a devoted hus
band and fond sister to nrourn her loss.
She was a faithful member of the Metho
dist church and of the Woman’s Mission
ary Society at Fork Chapel—a devout
Christian, whose life was blended in bar
mony with God’s will. In the realms of
bliss there is now a bright angelic form
thafiwas not there before she came safe
to the arms of Jesus. Home at last with
mother and loved ones who are waiting
and watching for her.
The Woman’s Missionary Society at
Fork Chapel, Nov. 13, 1886:
Keeolved, In view of the death of Mrs.
Virgil Adair —a member of our society
and the first of our members to die, al
though not able to meet with us at our
regular meetings on account of her feeble
health and the distance she lived from
the church. She loved the missionary
work —never forgot her dues or the mite
box. In view of the tender affection
with which she was regarded by her kind,
loving kusband and sister, we offer them
our heartfelt condolence.
Itesolced, That these proceedings be
placed on the minutes of the society,
and a copy he sent to the husband of the
deceased; also a copy be sent to the Home
Journal and Missionary Advocate, with
requst to publish.
Mrs. J. H. Crawford,
M rs. Wm. Armstrong,
Mrs. T. L. Findi.ev,
Mrs, L. Lanier,
Committee.
To Onr Customers and Friend*
We sell goods for rath a* cheap as they
can he bought in Georgia, and our time
prices this year itave been lower than
since the war. Our margins are necessa
rily very small, and wo must urge upon
all, both monthly and time customers, to
settle their accounts in full promptly
alien they fall due.
On all time accounts paid before No
veuilier I, we will allow a discount of I
pei cent, (ter month; and on all not paid
by that time the same rate of interest will
lie charged.
We muet insist on all who owe ua mak
ing their arrangements to settle iu full Iry
Juiiiiary Ist, as we positively cannot ea
tend credit to any o|i Ip arrests after
that date, This plan we kuow to he to
our lutereet, and we think our ft lends
will agree that it la also to their advan
tage to settle up i full at least time a
j lie ilwri will he strictly ad bated to,
All thoee. therefore, who ate due us on
y Mm, will f oiilui § (ivih l up not
Georgia Short Notes.
Harry Spencer, who shot himself in I
the head while stopping at Prescott’s
hotel, in Valdosta last spring, died from !
the effects of bis wound several days ago !
in Baltimore. It will be remembered |
that he was seen to shoot himself while ;
pacing up and down the second story
front veranda, and that the hall entered
His brain. He was apparently dying for
a day or two, and then he rallied, and it
seemed as though he was going to get
well; he so far recovered as to be able
to return home with his parents with
apparent comfort. When he left Val
dosta he walked around town and told
some friends that he would be out on
the road again soon. (He was a drum
mer.) After his death in Baltimore a
post mortem revealed the fact .that the
ball had shattered into several pieces and
lodged in the brain, producing a large ab
scess.
—A little over a year ago E. G. Kramer,
of Carrollton, missed a package of guano
notes, amounting to S7OO or SBOO. The
day they were missed they were spread
out on a table in his office, and when
they could not be found it was a mystery
to all in the office how they disappeared.
Not long since Mr. Kramer received a
letter from Monroe, Ga., with the ad
dress written in good style. Wondering
who could be writing to him from that
Clace, he opened the letter, and lo and
ehold when he came to examine the
contents there were the missing notes all
in good shape.
—David Fender, of Clinch county, died
several days ago. He was near 100 years
old. His exact age, it is said, is not
known. He was a soldier in the war of
1812 and drew a pension from the govern
ment up to the time of his death. Years
ago, before the war, he made his own
coffin out of solid fat lightwood and laid
it asido for future use. One merchant
has sold him as many as two sets of trim
mings for the casket, the second being
purchased after the first had rotted out.
W. F. Marsh, of Americus, has a petri
fied ham which was found in Dooly county
many years ago. It has a hole running
through the centre where the marrow
was in the bone and is quite a curiosity.
He has also a pencil drawing of the posi
tion and fortification of the Confederate
troops while at Portsmouth and Norfolk
in 1801, which is supposed to be the only
one in existence, as there were only two
drawn by a Mr. Hobbs, and the other one
is thought to have been destroyed.
—The case of the State against Jorry
Wilson, charged with murder, and which
has been pending in Brooks Superior
Court for several years, lias been settled
by the Solicitor General under the ap
proval of Judge Hansel. Mr. Wilson
pays a fine of SBOO. It is rumored that
Jerry will return -to Brooks county on a
visit, and it is also said that he has accu
mulated a considerable fortune in a for
eign land.
—At Atlanta Saturday a petition for a
charter for the Southern Marble l ompany
was filed in the Jgfipreme Court. The
incorporators are Jas. P. Harrison, C. D.
Horne, W. B. Wiley and George Taylor.
The capital stock is $250,000, with privi
lege of increasing to $500,000. It provides
that SIOO,OOO shall be paid in before com
mencing business. The office of the com
pany will be in Atlanta. %
—The Atlanta Prohibitionists are reg
istering rapidly for the city election,
which takes place the first Wednesday in
December. The registration books will
close on November 27. 11l order to regis
ter a man must swear he has paid all
legal taxes which have been required of
him since 1877.
—A school house in the Morven dis
trict of Brooks county, known as tire
Gum Pond School House, was burned
on Sunday night last. The burning is
thought to be the work of an incendiary.
A school house on the same ground was
burned about twelve months since.
—Said the wife of an emigrant, who
had moved from Geoigia to Texas: “If
Texas is so much better than Georgia,
why is it that people in Georgia can make
enough money to move to Texas, but can
never make money enough to move back.”
—The Messrs. Gignilliat, of Mclntosh
county, lost just 7,000 bushels of rice on
their up-river plantation by the last July
freshets,
—A petition against creating a county
court is being circulated in Echols and
will be forwarded to the Legislature.
A Traveling Swindle.
Early last year some men came through
this section selling what they claimed to
be a wrought iron cooking range, guar
anteed to last forever and a day. This
range was sold for nearly twice as much
as a far better range could have been
bought for of any regular dealer; but then
the agents were silvery-tongued talkers,
and a buyer was given time to pay for it.
Hundreds of these ranges were sold in
adjacent counties to Athens, and the pur
chasers required to sign an iron-clad note
These nott4 were made payable this
month; but even before they were due,
the ranges began to burn out like tinder
wood, and are now worthless pieces of
property. They are manufactured of the
cheapest and most rotten iron, made only
to sell, and are not worth $5 apiece. But
there is no way to escape paying the notes
and they are now 1 being presented.—
Athens Banner.
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llmimlsudih >1 dials
We were shown this week four lieau-
Mful medals which had lawn swarded to
JO, Van Winkle A Vo,, of Atlanta, by the
Mato Fair of Tesae. fur the beet cut ton
gins, feeders, roudvneert, and fur the
best display of cotton gin mmbiuery-
They received every prise uffeivd iu that
peitl* uisi depeiUnenl.
imm—weewMewNi
wfn the iloue Jot ne At every bom* In
STATE ARBOR DAY.
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A TIME BET APART FOR THE
PLANTING OF TREES.
GOVERNOR GORDON NAMES THE FOURTH
WEDNESDAY IN NOVEMBER FOR
THE GEORGIA FOREBTERS.
[Macon Telegraph.]
The Telegraph vainly endeavored to
get the last Legislature to appoint an ar
bor day, such as is observed by many
States of the North and West
It takes occasion to express its gratifi
cation that Governor Gordon has address
ed himself to this important matter. The
day chosen for this latitude is eminently
proper, but is too close at hand to expect
much for this season. Of course the se
lection made by Gov. Gordon is merely
suggestive. It carries with it no authority,
and the people can ohgprve it or not. as
they may choose. But the Legislature
can reinforce his action by setting aside a
day in eacli year as an arbor day and re
quiring the tax assessors to report how
many trees or shrubs may be planted in
each county. This day may be made a
holiday for school children, and in this
way a growing interest may be awakened
It will be admitted that we have too few
trees of the propar kind in our cities,
towns and villages, and that in the rural
districts the old agricultural system of
the South, aided by the recent demand
for timber of all kinds and for all pur
poses, together have denudod our forests.
Scientists hold that the planting of
trees will add to the health of the coun
try, and will prevent the sudden changes
of climate, to which of late years we have
been subjected.
Experiments have demonstrated that
good varieties of trees planted now will
prove a volume of wealth in the future
to those who are to come after us. We
all know how much of health, enjoyment
and money can be had from the cultiva
tion of the various fruit trees adapted to
this section.
Some weeks since the New York Sun
had an article on this subject so appro
priate to our section that we reproduce
the most salient portion of it, in these
words:
“lu the West the profits of tree plant
ing have recently been demonstrated in a
conspicuous and striking manner. A few
years ago the directors of the Kansas City,
Fort Scott and Gulf Railway made the
experiment of planting trees on their
line in eastern Kansas, for the purpose
of demonstrating the fitness of that re
gion for tree planting, and to supply their
road with posts and ties. A section of
land was planted under contract, which
included also the care and cultivation of
the trees for a number of years after they
were planted. The general manager of
the road lias recently made a report of
the financial aspects of the plantation,
twelve years from the time the trees were
planted. He is neither a crank nor an
enthusiast, nor is he specially interested
in trees, but a successful business man
and railroad manager, who looks upon
this plantation as a purely financial en
terprise. His report, therefore, may be
read not only with interest, but with en
tire confidence.
“The cost of the plantation, including
the price paid for the land on which it
stands, and with interest compounded at
the rate of 7 per cent, upon all expendi
tures, stands, it appears, at one hundred
and five dollars and ten cents an acre,
which may properly be reduced by the
value of the land after the trees have been
cut, while the market value on the ground
of the fence posts which can now be cut
is estimated at four bunded and fifty dol
lars an acre. Here, then, is a plantation
of trees which at any rate may be consid
ered a financial success. It will appear,
however, even more successful when the
trees grow large enough to supply the
roads with ties. This plantation was
made by Mr. Robert Douglass, of Illinois.
We tender to him our sincere congratula
tions upon his success as a tree planter.
“Anybody can plant trees, and the
more peoplo plant the better; but the
cultivation of trees, like other agricultur
al operations, will be financially and oth
erwise successful in proportion to the
amount of intelligence, judgment and in
dustry put into it. And there never was
a better time than the present to test the
accuracy of this statement.”
What has been done elsewhere can he
done here, and as the Sun says, there was
never a better time to commence the
work. Of course, on the first occasion-,
wo shall he compelled to use the trees
nearest at hand, without reference to
their qualities, but any trees will do to
begin with. By this time next fall we
will be enabled to make better selections.
If the day is once observed, only in a
small way, it will attract attention, and
public attention will grow into public in
terest. We hope to see the suggestion
of Governor Gordon respected and obey
ed. Municipal and county officials can
aid in the work, and no more profitable
or pleasant day can he given to the chil
dren of the public schools than one in
which they may plant trees, with the
reasonable assurance they will live to see
them grow and beautify the land, and
bless and enrich the people. Here’s a
chance for the press to drop the Presi
dent and politics for a day.
The following letter and order are self
explanatory:
Governor J. li. Gordon :
Dear Sir—At a meeting of the Southern
States Forestry Congress, held last De
cember at De Funiak Springs, Florida, a
resolution was adopted requring “the
officers of the congress to memorialise the
Governors of the Southern States to ap
point Arbor Day* for each State.”
Iu oliedience to this resolution, and in
the furtherance of the general subject of
Forestry, 1, therefore, iu behalf of the
Southern Forestry Cougress, request
your Excellency to appoint an arbor day
at such a tfine as you think proper, to
)>e known in the future as the “Georgia
Arbor Day.” I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully yours,
C, If, I'KINODK.
I’res. Southern Slates Forestry Congress.
KXKUITIVK DAI*AUrNKNT, i
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 17.1
Iu accordance with the foregoing, ft Is
ordered, that the fourth Wednesday iu
November be, and It ie hereby designated
as Georgia's Arbor Day, ami ali the peo
ple of this Stole are hereby requested to
observs it as such. J. If. GounoN,
By ibe Governor. Governor.
J, W. Wauman, Muo’y Es- Dep't.
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i'MUilttll! V*. I'oUliuill.
't his interesting oaa* wbn biemi um
Thanksgiving’ Day.
The event this year was an improve
ment on past occasions. In the early his
tory of theiiational “fast day” little atten
tion was paid to its observance in the
.South, but of late the custom has taken
root here, just like that of New Year calls
and other social freaks that originated
in the North. In fact, Thanksgiving
Day has always been a misnomer in the
sacramental aspect. It has in some sense
been an anniversary for the “fast” peo
ple of society and a bad day for the tur
key that was caught because he was not
“fast.” Thanksgiving is an unadulter
ated “feast day.”
For weeks past domestic poultry with
an instinct for self-preservation have
beeu hiding away. The national em
blem of the Thankgiving era is a gobbler,
out as turkeys are not many enough to
go round, ordinary poultry has come
into favor to fill the void. Accordingly
the common chicken, whether it be of
spring or without springs, has caught
the contagion of fear from the tremu
lous turkey cock, and the result has been
a scarcity of feathered confectionery all
through the season.
In the South we have learned not to set
our hearts on the conventional fare, but
to fall with avidity upon pork, sausage,
mutton chops, breakfast bacon, or any
other auimal sustenance as a respectable
substitute for turkey. For this reason
a Thanksgiving feast in the South has
the inspiration of a really good spread
without sharing the uncertainties that
sometimes crown the best endeavors to
supply our tables with the national bird.
In Greenesboro little is thought,
however, of the gastronomic feature.
The day is regarded as a holiday pure
and simple, and as such it is sought to
be enjoyed. The band festival is the
event, and it will be a success. In ob
servance of the day the attaches of the
Home Jouknai. will quit work at 1:30
p. m., and the office will close for the
day. This will enable the editorial staff
to enjoy the usual canary bird barbecue.
Only the Beginning.
A New Orleans dispatch says: “Anew
factor has been introduced into the labor
problem of Louisiana. It has long been
known that the Knights of Labor were
engaged among the field hands organ
izing lodges of the order, but the first ef
fect of their work has just been mani
fested. About 100 hands on the Fairvicw
plantation, one mile above Berwick,
owned by Captain Pharr, have been on
a strike since Monday. Cutting, hauling
and grinding cane has entirely ceased.
The hands are all Knights of Labor, and
the strike was instituted by order of the
local lodge at Berwick. The men de
mand an advanoe of 50 per cent, in
wages.”
Hodgson Brothers.
These celebrated wholesale grocers of
Athens are in the market at the front of
the season with an inexhaustible stock
of the finest groceries and family supplies
obtainable. They are the largest dealers
in flour in Middle and Northeast Georgia,
and carry an enormous supply comprising
all favorite brands. They duplicate prices
ami terms of any other first class dealers
anywhere. They are also proprietors of
the Henderson Cotton Warehouse, make
liberal advances on consignments, and
supply bagging, ties, etc., at the lowest
market prices. The progressive and
popular Mr. E. A. Sanford, well known
in this city and county, is connected with
this energetic house.
No More Earthquakes.
We have had summer weather for sev
eral days within the past week. The
thermal prophets predicted earthquake
visitations as a result, but they had not
come up to this writing (Tuesday p. m.).
We are encouraged to believe that the
earthquake period is past for the season,
and that the show has gone into winter
quarters. From Charleston, Summerville
and other favored centres of seismic
commotion no word has been received of
new shakes for ten days. This is prob
ably the longest interval between dis
turbances since the first of the series.
Whereat let us rejoice.
ODDS AND ENDS.
—Are you bilious ? If so, try H. H. P.
It will surely relieve you.
—Another large shipment of Ginghams
and Prints received this week—the pret
tiest lot yet. Call and see them.—Cope
lan, Seals & Armor.
-B. B. B„ H. H. P. and P. P. P. for
sale by Copelan, Seals & Armor.
—Just received another lot of Jersey
Jackets, Boncle Jackets, Boncle New
markets and Newmarket Cloaks all sizes
and many prices.—Copelan, Seals & Ar
mor.
—Are you bilious ? If so, try H. H. P.
It will surely relieve you.
—Thirty-five pieces Cassimere in all
sorts of grave and fancy colors, plaids,
stripes, etc. We challenge a comparison
of our prices on these goods with those
of any house in the State.—Copelan, Seals
# Armor.
—We call special attention to onr large
stock of new fall Hate and Caps. Noth
ing but the newest styles at lowest prices
—all the latest styles in stiff and soft
Hate and many new things in Caps.—
Copelan, Seals A Armor.
—Are you bilious ? If so, try H. H. P,
It will surely relieve you.
—We can beat the State on Overcoats.
A stock of over two hundred to select
from and prices running from $2.50 to
SIB.OO. We cannot possibly fail to suit
any one who will look through our stock.
Give us a trial.—Copelan, Seals# Armor.
—Are you bilious f If so, try 11. 11. P.
It will surely teiieve you.
—Wo make a specialty of Boy's Cloth
ing—all ages from 4 to 18 years, prices
$2.00 to $15.00 a suit. Our stock this sea
son is the largest we have ever carried
and the styles are the handsomest we
have ever known.—CopeUn, Seats# Ar
mur.
■—II ie w fw**t whhdi wi unit prove and :
one wi would be tflwd to bwve ill the In
die# tuveftUgfcUL tunl wu bwve the lirgett
stud Jovelieet line of Zephyr end fwro y
< Wfthtoere Miiiwl* ever etuoi lit lifetime*
boro, wild wre eellliiK them wi hell pilot.
—Copelwu, Hiili 4 Armor.
Are you hllloue t ff wo, iry H* If. P.
11 wIM eut ely relieve you*
bwve Jm! received weverwl brutel
new p|*ie of Wwlei Proof good* In
liiieii, blue, blown, light hiuwo, fwt*y
idwidt, Me* k, iti*y wnd fw to y miwwd. tin
i*dh>* wilt find then* the ptetrhMit wild
the t bewpeet |um4i ever ff-rTff in title MWf
.hi ivpwiu, hewfe Armor*
TERMS}—$2 00 per Aiinnni, in Advance.
WHOLE NUMBER 696
ALLIN A NUTSHELL
LOCAL LIGHTNING DARTS IN
DAZZLING FLASHES.
HUME HAPPENINGS CAUGHT, HFT.n AHD
CATALOGUED IN A TRICE AND
TREATED IN A COLUMN.
—Elegant hand-painted China at Ross*
man & Gardner’s.
—Fred C. Foster, Esq., of Madison,
was in attendance at Court this week.
—A fine line of Lamps, Glass Dishes,
Crockery, etc., at Rossman A Gardner’s.
—An elegant assortment of Crockery
and Glassware at Rossman & Gardner’s.
—Col. Joel A. Billups was in Greenes
boro this week in attendance on court.
—J. C. Reed. Esq., Atlanta, of counsel
in the Poullain case, was in the city dur
ing court.
—Handsome Dinner Sets, 153 pieces
complete; China Sets; Oat Meal Setl,’
etc., at Rossman & Gardner’s.
—.fudge Thomas G. Lawson presided
at the adjourned term of Greene Superior
Court which met last Tuesday.
—The continued case of Poullain vs.
Poullain occupied the attention of the
Court at tlie adjourned session.
—Mr. Win. Armstrong, of Gresham
ville, was iu Greenesboro on last Friday.
He is always welcome hereabout.
—Buy your Crockery, Lamps and fancy
articles from Rossman & Gardner. They
have their prices astonishingly low.
—We are in receipt of the report of the
Comptroller-General of the State of Geor
gia for the year ending September 30,
1886.
—Ordinary D. B. Sanford of Baldwin
county, of counsel in the case of Poul
lain vs. Poullain, was at court during
the trial.
—No citizen of Greene county should
allow the New Year to have opened with
out having subscribed for the Homk
Journal for 1887.
—Another shipment of hand and swing
ing Lamps just opened. The cheapest
and prettiest stock ever exhibited.
Rossman & Gardner.
—The many friends of Miss Minnie
Linton are glad to welcome her home
after a visit of several weeks to Mr. and
Mrs. James Miller, of Augusta.
—As heretofore, we are offering the
best selected stock of Vases, Toilet Sets,
Manicure Sets. Plush Goods, etc. Cali
early at our store. —Rossman & Gardner.
—Mr. B. A. Stovall, representing the
Georgia Chemical Works of Augusta,
spent several days in Greenesboro during
the week, and mado a pleasant visit to
the Home Journal.
—Decayed teeth cause indigestion, loss
of appetite, affections of the eves, pains
in the ears, headaches, neuralgia, and
general disturbance of the health. Pre
vent ali this by using Delectalave. For
sale by all Druggists.
—Architect _J. g. Knox, ofj Union)
Point, was in Greenesboro this week*}
Major Knox has many marks of his ge- /
nius in our county. He was the designer I
of the handsome new mansion of Mr. )
E. A. Copelan, among others. /
—Messrs. H. L. Riggs and L. L. Butler,
Franklin ville, Cattaraugus county, N. Y.;
George Rogers, Randolph, Cattaraugus
county New York; E. G. Turner, West
Valley, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., are
stopping at the Mapp House.
—Mr. J. L. Brown, Jr., of Greenesboroy
will probably remove* to Greshamville,
where he will conduct the school at that
place. Mr. Brown is one of the really
promising young gentlemen of oar town,
and the Home Journal has always a
warm wish for his success and welfare.
—Mr. Fayette Henry, Farmersville,
Cattaraugus county, New York, who
visited Greenesboro in company with
other Northern excursionists under the
chaperonage of Mr. E. D. Northrup, is
very favorably impressed with our neigh
borhood and will probably reside perma
nently among us.
—The gifted and genial Col. W. B.
Pruitt, of the Banner-Watchman, was in
our town for a day or two early in the week
on professional business, and added sev
eral subscribers and advertisers to the
lists of that popular and wide-a-wake
daily. He made a pleasant visit to the
Hone Journal.
—Mr. James T. Harris, of Great Val
ley, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., who
spent a part of last spring in Greenes
boro, is again here and will pass the win
ter with Mr. E. D. Northrup. Mr. Harris
will in all probability become a perma
nent resident of this county if his experi
ence shall be such as to promote that de
sire.
—Mr. J. E. Copp,, wife and little ‘ son,
of Sinclairville, Chautauqua county, New
York, arrived in Greenesboro on Monday
last and will remain in out midst for the
winter. They are the guests of Judge J.
B. Park. Mr. Copp’s father, Timothy W.
Copp, was a Seymour Presidential elector
for New York in 1868. We welcome Mr.
J. E. Copp and his family to our midst,
and sincerefy hope their residence here
will add much to their health and enjoy
ment and that it may result in permanen
cy.
Read! Read!
In order to prepare for business anoth
er year, I have decided to sell good* for
cash during December, and I hope no one
in arrears will ask me to charge good*
during that month. Tq those who have
paid up, I am willing to charge goods
with the distinct understanding that they
be paid for not later than Jauusry 10, ’B7.
I believe the above plan will be best for
me and also for my customers. In conse
quence of the scarcity of money, I will
sell many lihes of good* at a great redac
tion in prices until January 1, 1887.
I hereby urge all who are indebted to
me to come forward at ouce ami make
settlement, as ( am obliged to have the
money. Respectfully, ,
..... _ W* TAi-ra*.
White Plains, Ga., Hot. 26, HMD,
fJIIMMWMr nod Crockery.
In no ether articles of the ifrfinlls
•couoniy have such improvements been
perfected a* ill these, buck has beau the
natural breakage that human ingenuity
hue been kept busy to supply the ktae
and Improve the quality. Asa result we
get hello goods every time W* buy. §,
J Muggins, Athena, Ms, hi displaying
toi il set sen some of the beet specimen#
of i military and arin*wa** a4 the iuwwal
pi t* es up rec-otl fuiiiispiii f*, sum
beat utiide well to MM# tti> tom,