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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 -m-S-W S 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,” r* • 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. Special Premium. American Farmer free to all of the Home Journal subscribers! All our subscribers who will pay their subscrip tion accounts to this paper in full to date, and one year in advance, will lie present ed with one year’s subscription to the “American Farmer,” a sixteen-page ag ricultural magazine, and which is rapidly taking rank as one of the leading agricul tural publications of the South, It is devoted exclusively to the interests of the farmer, stock breeder, dairyman, gardener, and their household, and every species of industry connected with that great portiou of our jieople, the farmers. The subscription price is one dollar per year. Remember wu send it free to all subscribers who will pay their accounts to the Journal iu full to date, and one year in advance, fall at our office utid get a sample copy. —. 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. • 1 " ■- " -■■■ ■ 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. —■■i -■■■ ——— 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,