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THE WEEKLY REWBITAH.
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iMr.RICDS, GEORGIA
i'vii.y Naming, March 2( 1875.
\icnll fo «Ue Kcpnbl . an.
a \ i as -more «-. ^n
ilA.1. 1 Si. BALDWIN Schley
I! > STRANGE. •‘lie.
V 1. REDDING, Dihjtou.
\\, M SMITH Ande onvill*.
Jay-Brick Pomeroy, at last .iccoants,
we- not expected to lire.
C©_John Mitchell, tho Iris'' patriot,
died in Ireland, Saturday mt.ii.ing at
H o’clock.
GEORGIA HEWS.
Arnold has been coo firmed Postmaster
at Albany.
Mr. David Dickson ( one of the best
citizens of Newton county, died at Ox
ford last Tuesday.
reported tbat CoL A. It. Lamar
and wife were lately united with the
Catholic church and baptized.
Mr. John Jenkins, an enterprising and
public-spirited citizen of Augusta, died
in that city on Friday night, of eonsnmp-
tion, at the age of 37 years
The Governor overruled the contest for
the tax rollectorahip in Schley county,
and commissioned Mr. H. G. Daniels.
Mr. J. Mncree was the contestant.
Col. Virgil Powers has been appointed
Superintendent of the Macon and West
ern Rjilraad. He is one of the best rail
road men in the State, and will manage
JSTThe christening robe of General
Sickles’ baby, baptized in Paris reoenUy,
cost 83,000, gold.
i&- It isn’t load praying which counts
with the Lord so much as giving four
full quarts for every gallon,” says an Ar»
ksnsas circuit rider.
Next.—Connecticut is the next State
on the election list. . Voting for Govern
or. Legislature and Congressmen will
take place on the first Monday in April.
By late press dispatches we learn
that the heavy rains and the breaking up
of the ice, through the Northern States,
are sweeping off bridges, and houses in
every direction.
ftaTA special election is to be held in
Florida on Tuesday, the fourth of May,
1875, for the ratification or rejection of
the amendments to the Constitution
passed at the last session of the Legisla
ture.
The New Graphic ssys General
Tracey, one of Beecher’s lawyers, charged
at the head of his column on many a
bloody field, and after the battle baa
often been seen sitting under a tree comb
ing the cannon balls out of his hair.
Trip to Dooly.
We were necessarily ahort in the mem
oranda at our trip to Dooly to attend
the Superior Court, held in that county
last week, reserving an intention to give
u more extended notice, if circumstances
permitted.
Joyfully shaking from onr feet the dust
(mud would be a better term,) of the city,
the writer, in company with genial,
whole-souled gentlemen, started on Sun
day evening for Vienna, the county-site
of Dooly. After successfully traversing
eighteen miles of one of the most rnisera
ble roods ever travelled, we reached the
substantial bridge recently ereited across
the raging Flint, a minute description of
which was given the readers of the Be
public an not loDg since. An hour
two was pleasantly spent examining the
strac’ure, after which onr party was safe'
ly landed at the hospitable mansion of
Mr. A. G. Morgan. It is no part of onr
purpose in this writing to eulogize thej roa d w ^h credit and ability,
hospitality of the people of Dooly. Wc The Constitution of yesterday reports
have so often enjoyed and become so; a £25.000 conflagration that occurred in
familiarized with it, that we aro not sore' Atlanta Tuesday morning. Mrs. Frank,
STATE SUPREME COURT
j DECISIONS RENDERED IX ATLANTA, OA.,
MARCH IG, 1875.
[From the Atlanta Constitution. J
A. M. Little et al. vs. The State. Lar
ceny from Snmter.
WARNED, C. J.
The defendants were indicted for sim
ple larceny. Previous to the term of the
Court at which the trial was Usd, the de
fendants had demanded a trial, which de
mand wasentered on minutes of the coart.
At the next term of the Court defend
ants were put upon their trial, but the
jury failed to agree upon a verdict, and a
mistrial was ordered by the Court with
out the consent of defendants. They then
made a motion to be discharged, which
motion the Coart refased, and defeud-
ants excepted. It appears in the record
that the jury were discharged with the
casein the afternoon of one day. and re
mained one until ten tho next day, and
failing to agree on a verdict, a mistrial
was ordered by the Coart. The motion
to discharge the defendants was properly
overruled. The Court could have pnt
the defendants on their trial before an
other jury at the same term of the Court,
MaT* Brigham Yonng owns 3600,000 of
the first-mortgage bonds of the Utah
Central railroad, which, although only
thirty-eight milea long, does a busim
of £100,000 per month. Brigham’s fa
vorite son John controls the Utah West
ern railroad.
ttfr-Successfnl merchants are those
who have advertised in some way.
vertisement of one’s business is absolute
ly necessary to success. Where advertis
ing docs no direct benefit—if snch a
thing be possible—it confers indirect ad
vantages by bnilding up the newspaper
press, which advertises and illustrates the
city and i s citizens to tha world.
Jeff* An article in the London United
.Service Magazine on Major General Sir
Garnet J. Wolaeley’s visit to the Confed
erate headquarters in 1862, says that it is
the General's “deliberate opinion” that
“in military genios Lee has hod no su
perior since the great Napoleon aston
ished the world by his marvelous career
of victory,” and that he is even “above
the great German Generals who have so
recently avenged the defeats inflicted on
the country by the mighty Corsican.”
*aT* The South Carolina Legislalatnre
debated the removal of Treasurer Car-
dosa all day Saturday, and took a vote at
midnight on the adoption of the address
demanding his remavaL The address
was not adopted, the vote being in the
Senate 11 to 18, and in the House 45 to
65. This is regarded as a vindication of
Governor Chamberlain’s administration
and of the integrity of the present man
agement of the State finances. Conser
vatives generally voted to sustain Car
doso.
The Debts or the World—The
Pall Mall Gazette carefully summarizes
t he debts of the nations of the wor!d,and
calculates the aggregate sum to be $23,
750,000,000. France owes the most, then
Great Britain, and then the United
States. Canada is the least in debt of
any civilized country. Egypt pays the
highest rate of interest, or ten per cent,
and Holland the least, two and three
quarters per cent England can borrow
at the least rate, three and one-quarter
per cent, and Mexico is charged the
most or eighteen per cent
HR- The Eastern States, tbat have so
long claimed the best system of common
schools in the world, should pause in
their boasts when one of the leading Bos
ton papers ssys: • •• With twsnty-five
thousand children in the State growing
np without any knowledge of even the
rudiments of education, it becomes very
important to consider whether all the
work they can do in factories and mills
will begin to compensate for the dark
ness of tha ignorance in which they are
to be absorbed itto the body of onr so
cial system.”
New HAimmin Elections.—The Pa
triot (Democratic), has special returns
from every town in the State, and figures
np the result as fellows: “No choice for
Governor by the people. Total number of
Representatives elected 87L The Demo
crats have 181; the Republicans 190—a
majority of 9. At Hart’s, where there are
about 31 votes, the election was post
poned until the following Satnrdiy, when
two Democratic Bepresentathes were
elected. It is claimed that it is illegal,
and the two Representatives will proba
bly be sent home.
The Senate remains unchanged, 5 to 5.
In two districts there is no choice.
we did not see it chronicled in the poetic
work called “Proverbial Philosophy.”
Indeed, we are sure everybody knows it,
since we know it so well. In any event,
the Morgana, though not of the oldest,
certainly are not excelled by anybody in
that or any other county, pro fas;, gener
ous and flowing.
A couple of hoars pleasant drive Mon
day morning, in oompany with Gen. Phil
Cook, carried ns within the procincle of
the village of Vienna. Hon. A. O. Pate
is the dispenser of justice in the Oconee
circuit, to which Dooly is attaohed, and
while we are not “learned in the law.”
we, from such evidence as came before
ns, considered him competent and indus
trious in the discharge of bis duties as
magistrate, bringing np and dispatching
business to tho satiafaction of litigants
and attorneys.
Beside the gentlemen comprising the
local bar at Vienna, we had the pleasnre
of meeting Gen. Warren, Messrs. O. G.
Duncan and Bnford Davis, of Perry ;
Americas was well represented by Gen.
Phil Cook, CoL Willis A. Hawkins and
Dnpont Gnerry, Esq. Montezuma fur
nished her qnota in the persons of Messrs.
J. M. Dnprce, T. P. Lloyd and H. L. D.
Hillyer. Col. Samuel Hall, of Macon,
Messrs. O. C. Horne, A. J. Cone aDd
Judge Watson, of Hawkinsville, and R.
A. Stanley, Solicitor General, were in
attendance.
The “fourth estate” was represented
by Mr. Geo. P. Woods, of the Hawkins-
ville Dispatch, and the writer. George'
“Joe Dash” wanted his picture placed
in the gronp, bat being a wild chap, was
excluded, and a quorum form ?d without
his assistance.
Bat to onr subject. Dooly
called the “State of Dooly,” from its
huge proportions, bnt the boundaries,
described in the Lottery act of 1821, have
been altered by adding a part to Pulaski
in 1826, a part to Lee in 1827, and still
there was enough left to comparejerrito-
rialiy with Delaware or Rhode Island.
It was named for Col. John Dooly, who
was murdered by the Tories in 1780.
Dooly has an area of 1120 square miles.
It was once considered of little value,
and parties who drew lands in the county
considered themselves sold as bad as the
Maconites and Cbicagoians did in the
Louisville Library Lottery, and hence
they sold their land scrip for anything,
no matter bow trifling. A lot of land
sold for a rifle, flint and steel single bar
rel shot gnn, a bridle and saddle, or eith-
without the other, and we have heard
of one case where a title to 202| acres of
Dooly land was transferred for a fur hat,
and one lot for a silver watch. These
lands are now considered, and have been
for twenty years, the very beat corn and
cotton lands in tho State ; we mention
these staples, bnt everything grows well
in Dooly—oats, peas, potatoes, Ac., Ac.
Cows, goats, sheep and hogs do well, and
there are to-day more reed-to-do people,
having more to live on and better, and at
a lees cost than any county in the State.
Notwithstanding many of tho homesteads
in Dooly were purchased so cheap, they
conld not be bought now for a thousand
dollars a lot.
From the last Report of the Comntrol-
ler General of the State we gather the
following statistics in regard to Dooly
county:
improved land,
wild lard 80.488
Total No. teres land. 362,170
Aggregate value improved land $709 3*3,00
Aggregate vil. imp. and wild fired*. $818,329.
The report also shows an increase* ot.
$40,041 in real estate between the yean
1873 and 1874.
The health of the oonnty is generally
good, judging from the robust appearance
of the people who attend tho court.
When once this oonnty is traversed by s
railroad, which from present indications
cannot be long, there will be a rush for
Dooly homes then.
We were nearly water-bonnd,and would
assuredly have been.had not a kind Prov
idence and the good city of Americas
bnilt the bridge over the Flint, a rapid
and tnrgid stream now. Snch floods of
water have fallen that no ferryman dare
cross, nor bad any definite idea how near
his quondam craft might be to Apilachi-
cola. The bridge, however, is as firm as
the Rock of Ages, sod is perhaps as sub
stantial a work ss con be made of wood.
Bnt to the road from American to this
bridge we must call the attention of the
next Grand Jury and his Honor, Judge
Clark. The Judge was once noted for
his strictness on the subject of public
Mr. James Lynch and Mr. Merryfield,
were the principal losers. Insurance
about $13,000.
Mr. Iverson L. Hunter, publisher and
proprietor of “Every Saturday,” at Mil-
ledgeville, announces, in the last tuna of
his paper that it is not for sale, personal
friends having induced him to continue
it under its present management.
The recent tornado in this State, wlrich
swept over Harris, Talbot, Upson, Mon
roe, Jones, Baldwin, Hancock, Glass
cock, McDuffie, Columbia and Richmond
counties caused fearful destruction along
its entire track. The loss of life was ter*
rible and the damage to property im
mense. It is reported that in some lo
calities the wind traveled at the rate of
one hnndred miles an hour.
The Rome Commercial is still hopeful
thst an equitable compromise of that
city’s bonded debt will.be made. The
pending propositions wonld reduce the
debt to $270,000, including the water
bonds. By redeeming the latter with the
water-works, the debt would be reduced
to $167,000, which amount the city can
easily handle and eventually pay.
transfer of the water-works is specially
urged by the Commercial.
Yet Another—Abovo we give an ac
count of a cow trying to raise a crop of
horns from under her lip, and now comes
“ T . E. Paul, Etq., who deposeth and
.ys, that “He bus a young calf on his
plantation, which came into this world
with double ears.” What on earth ails
the cows and calves of Jasper? Come np
M^Toscnmbia (Ala.) Banner: We
l««rn that onr friend Harvey Donegan,
and some others, have bonght the guano,
or bat manure, in the Mastodon Cave,
•id will soon oommenoe getting it not.
It is said to be folly equal to Peruvian
guano, and sella readily at $40 per ton.
The entranoe to this celebrated cave la
through a perpendicular, well-like hole,
birdy large enough to allow a small
to pass through. The distance is about
seventy feet, and the descent is made by
means of a rope and windlass. Parties
from TnscnmbU frequently go down and
spend the day, and aa yet no accident
baa ever occurred.
next. —Monticello Banner.
gled to hear that Gen. Marcos
J. Wright—a well known Confederate
officer, who was, for a considerable time,
in command of the post in this city—has
been tendered an important military sp
pointment by the Khedive of Egypt
His new position makes him an adjutant-
general, with the rank and pay of a col
onel of artillery in the Egyptian army.—
Atlanta Con dilution.
A private dispatch received yesterday
by Col. James H. Blount, from Senator
Norwood, announces the gratifying intel
ligence of the confirmation of Mr. H. S.
Glover as postmaster of Macon by the
Senate.
This pats the question finally at rest,
and we are sure all parties will be satis
fied with the appointment. Mr. Glover
is a man of quiet and modest demeanor,
excellent capacity and great private
worth mud Integrity. We suppose he
will soon be at his post. — Tel. and Met,,
24th intt.
a trial bad been demanded under the
statute at that term, and we suppose pro
posed to do so, inasmuch as the defend
ants continued the case on their own mo-
i. The record does not show that the
defendants were prevented by the Conrt
from having a trial at that term. _ The
fact that the Court ordered a mistrial
without the consent of defendants,
the circumstances stated in the record,
did not entitle them to be discharged.
Let the judgment of the Court below
be affirmed.
C. T. Goode; Gnerry A Sod, for plain
tiffs in error.
C. F. Crisp, Solicitor General, by
brief, for the State.
James P. Fort vs. James P. and Phillip
West. Complaint, from Sumter.
WARNER, C. J.
This was an action brought by tlie
plaintiffs against the defendant
promissory note for $2,000. On the trial
of the case, the defendant objected to
Judge Clark presiding, because he was
related by affinity to the defendant within
the fourth degree. It appears from the
record that the defendant married the
widow of A. W. Williams, who was the
brother of Jndge Clark’s wife, and that
Williams died after Judge Clark’s inter
marriage with his sister. In car judg
ment, Judge Clark was not disqualified
from presiding in the case, under the
provisions of the 205th section of the
New Code. Dupree vs. Dupree, 45th
Geo. Rep. 414. Hubbock on Succession
276, 12th Petersdorf’s Ab. 565. There
was no error) in sustaining_the demur
rer to the defendant’s plea,
fusing to give him time to make oath to
his amended plea, who lived in Stewart
county. By the 3449th section of the
New Code, when the defendant does not
reside in the connty in which the snit is
pending, tho agent or attorney at law of
the defendant may make oath to his plea,
which the defendant's attorney could
have done in this case. From the facts
disclosed in the record, we fear the de
fendant was more anxious to gaiu time,
than to obtain justice, but as damages
have not been claimed, wo do not award
any.
Let the judgment of the Court below
be affirmed.
Allen Fort; Hawkins A Hawkins, for
plaintiff
widow to contraot with relerence to snob
debts after his death.
2. The testimony at the hearing for
the injunction having been conflicting as
to the main issue, to-wit: the considers
tion of the note, it was a matter for the
chancellor to determine, and there was
no abase of his discretion calling for the
interference of this conrt.
Judgment affirmed.
Gnerry A Son, for plaintiff in error.
W. A. Hawkins, N. A. Smith, by Allen
Fort, for defendants.
Home Insurance Co. vs. B. P. Hollis, as
signee. Motion, from Sumter.
TRIPPE, J.
1. Hudson was insured in a fire policy,
under which s ight of action had ac
crued for a loss by fire. He engaged
counsel to bring suit, agreeing with them
that they should have one third of the
recovery, and as security for their inter-
made au absolute assignment of the
policy to them. Sait was brought in the
name of Hudson for $4,000, the amount
of the policy, and for 25 per cent, dam
ages under the statute. Shortly there
after Hudson was adjudicated a bank
rupt. la the same month the adjudica
tion was made, and before the appoint
ment of an assignee, the attorneys,
Hudson, and the Insurance Co., all know
ing the above facts, settled the suit for
$2,000, and Hudson paid the cost and
had an entry of dismissal made by the
elerk. Court was in session at the time
and adjourned to a subsequent month.
In the meantime au assignee was ap
pointed. The adjourned term was held
bat one day. At the next regular term
which was in the ensuing month, the as
signee moved to have the case re-instated
and to be made a party.
Held, that the right to the motion was
not lost by delay.
2. Though the attorneys of the bank
rupt—they being the transferees of the
policy, had the right to accept or collect
the $2 ,000, ss a credit on what was due,
in full satisfaction of the claim, if that
smont wonld fairly satisfy it, yet the as
signee has the right to be mode a party
for the purposing of contesting this lat
ter point, if he see proper so to do, and
to assert his claim to whatever may be
farther due and recoverable on
TERM, 1875.
EBTI8EME^Tf
policy.
Jnagi
Igment affirmed.
Sam iel C. Elam, for plaintiff in error.
Fort A McC leaky; B. P. Holhs, for de
fendant-
March Term, 1875, of the Baj.
of Webster county, makedhe
general report: ' * v %
Through committees wo have exam*
ined the books of the different oonnty
officers, and find the books of the Ordi
nary, Sheriff, Clerk Superior Court,
County Treasurer, Tax Collector and
Receiver, kept in a neat and busi
ness like manner. The books of the
County Board of Commissioners show
that they have bad no regular manner or
particular form by whietr the boainees of
the Board have been transacted, the ac
counts have not been itemized and sworn
to iu some cases before the drawing of an
order on the County Treasurer for pay
ment, while in others it has been re
quired ; nor do we approve tho manner
in which they have let the public work of
the county, and request that in the fu
ture all work lor the county be let to the
lowest responsible bidder.
In onr opinion the Board is a useless
expense, and ask onr representative in
the Legislature to use his endeavors in
the next meeting of the general assembly
for a repeal of the law creating a board
of connty commissioners for this connty.
We find the books of the Justices of the
Peace and Notary Publics tbat have been
turned over to ns, neatly and correctly
kept G. W. Dennard, Justice of the
Peace, has returned no book. The re
port of J. P. Beaty and G. S. Rosser,
committee appointed by former Grand
Jury to enqnue into the financial affairs
of the connty, show that the amount of
taxes collected for the year 1874. the snm
of $5,205.08
and that the Tax Collector has
paid to the County Treasurer,
including commissions...... 4,566.07
Leaving in his hands, due the
county S 283 28
[The above is in accordrnce with the
M&S. sent to this office, bat is evidently
an error.—Ed. Rep.]
and thst the Connty Treasurer
has received dating the year,
and had on hand at commence
ment of year $4,823 97
Less commission... 114.03
And that he has paid ont duriDg
the year 4,363 35
roads.
Tim crossing at Atwood’s mill, 8 miles
from Americas, is perilous to man or
beast, and we earnestly remonstrate with
the connty authorities on this matter.
Let ns have good roads. Rome’s great
ness has been attributed to her good
roads—a thousand yean have not oblite
rated their notoriety or excellence.
GENERAL NEWS.
The loss by the Susquehanna flood
estimated at a million and a half dollars.
The spelling match excitement is a
job ; all got np by the publishers of die'
tionaries.
Reports from the northern part of the
State of New Y’ork place the thermome
ter at 20 degrees below zero.
The Havana Volunteers have no desire
to go to the front, and Count Valmaseda
wants twenty-fivj thousand more men
from Spain.
Postmaster General Jewell directs that
the new law regarding transient newspa
pers go into effect immediately instead of
the first of April.
Eight counties of Georgia and three of
South Carolina need relief from the
effects of the tornado. The loss in killed
and wounded is appalling.
The New York Stock Exchange will
respect Good Friday. Contracts matur
ing that day will bo settled Thnrsday,
The gold room also closes.
One of the Baptist papers state that
26 000of »>»**■ »■ f I; churches
**«v ..4t iiku ..Dural or open communion
ouud within the last year.
A terrific storm oc^ured in North Caro
lina on Saturday. Many houses were
prostrated and several persons killed and
many hurt New Hope county suffered
most
A negro employed by Mr. Nelson,
cently from the North, outraged Mr.
Nelson’s wife in Prince George connty,
Maryland, Monday night, and the people ;
bang him Tuesday morning.
A tornado occurred in Quishita valley,
a., on the 22d inrt., which was very de
structive to life and property. The tor
nado was three hundred yards wide, and
traveled fifteen miles south, leveling
everything to the earth.
The funeral of John Mitchell took
place Tuesday at Newry, Ireland. His
remains were buried in a eh arch yard.
A great crowd was present, bnt quiet was
preserved, notwithstanding that exciting
placards had been distributed.
Among many different Rations there
are different kinds of loafers. The Ital
ian loafer spends his time in sleeping, the
Turkish loafer in dreaming, the Spanish
in praying, the French in laughing, the
English in swearing, the Russian in
gambling, the Hungarian in amokirg,
the Germsu in drinking, the American in
talking politics.
Jack Brown; C, T. Goode; Cook A
Crisp, by brief, for defendants.
John T. Wingfield, administrator, vs.
John A. Davis. Claim, from Lee.
WARNER, C. J.
This was a claim case, and on the trial
thereof, the Court charged the jury in
substance, that the claimant was protect
ed in the possession of the land levied on,
ander his prescriptive title thereto, and
refused to charge the contrary thereof as
requested, to which chargo as given and
refusal to charge as requested, the plaiu-
tiff excepted. It appears from the evi
d*nce in tho record, that in the year
1859, Wiley sold to Graves a settlement
of land containing 1,300 acres, for $8,000,
and took his notes therefor, payuble as
follows: $2,000 due 1st January, 1860;
$2,000 duo 1st January, 1862; 82.000 due
1st January, 1864, and $2,000 due 1st
January, 1866. Wiley gave him a bond
Toole A Price et. al. vs. First National
Bank of Americas. Trover, from
Sumter.
TRIPPE, J.
1. Where in an action of trover the
conversion is alleged to have been on a
day subsequent to the commencemet of
the suit, it may be amended by aubatitut
ing a day prior to the filing of the writ
2. The declarations of an agent *
ference to certain property, are not ad
missable against his principal or those
claiming under him, unless it appear
that his agency extended to or included
snch property.
'5. The question whether or not the
cotton in controversy was included i
contract under which the plaintiffs in
error claim, having been fairly submitted
to the jury, and these being positive tes
timouy to suppor* the verdict, there is
' gal ground for setting it aside.
Judgment affirmed.
S. G. Elam; Hawkins A Hawkins, for
pluintiffs in error.
N. A. Smith; Guerry A Son, for de
fendant.
Henry Jackson vs. the State. Murder,
from Lee.
McCAY, J.
Wheu the trial of A for murder, as
principal in the seoond degree, the rec
ord of the convietion of B as principal'
the first degree, was introduced as e’
dence, and A was found guilty as such
principal iu the second degree, and af
terwards B wa« granted a new trial, upon
which ho was found not guilty:
Held, ri'at A ought to have a new trial.
Judgment reversed.
C. T. Goode, and D. A. Vasnn for
plaintiffs in error.
" T. Crisp, Solicitor General, by
brief, for the State.
Eleck Morris ▼*« -»• •. From
ADvatranxo Swindlers.—On the 16th
of February we reoeived two advertise
ments, beaded “Fits Cured Free,” and
signed by Dr. Cbaa. T. Price, and the
other “Consumption Cored,** and signed
by Dr. T F Bart—with instructions to
publish, and the promise wss made that
they would be paid far quarterly in ad-
vanoebyObas. T. Price, 67 William8t,
N Y. We published the advertisements
and sent onr bills as directed. After
waiting twenty days and receiving no re
sponse we drew on Dr. Brio* and the ,—- „
draft has come back protested. We see been known to fail. Weeloce, Iixlat
these same Ads. in Lreral of our Co., Proprietors. New Orleans,
changes.—Nome Courier, For *ulb nr all Dtfuoowrs.
Da. Wjlhojt’s Anti Periodic on Fe-
vzb and Ague Tonic!—Wilhofi’s Tonio
has established itself as the real infalli
ble Chill cure. It ia universally admitted
to be the only reliable and harmless Chill
medicine now in use. Its efficacy is con
firmed by thousands of certificates of the
very best people from all parts of the
country. It cares malarious diseases of
every type, from the shaking agues of
tho fakes and valleys to the raging fevers
of the torrid zone. Try it! It baa never
to make him u title to the land, when the
notes should be paid. Wiley died, and
Wingfield became his administrator. In
November, 1867, a judgment was ob
tained in favor of Wingfield, administra-
’, against- Graves for $1,169 15, besides
interest, for the unpaid purchase money
dne for the land. Wingfield, as admiu
istrator, filed a deed in the clerk’s office,
conveying tho title to the land to Graves,
on the 15th of May, 1873, and on the
mmo day had the entire tract of 1,300
acres levied on as the property of Graves,
to satisfy said judgment. All of the land
was sold by the sheriff, and the proceeds
thereof applied to the fi fa. levied there
on, except 400 acres on the west side of
Muckalee creek, which was claimed by
Davis. The claimant introduced in evi
dence a warrantee deed from Graves to
himself, for the premises in dispute,
dated 23d of February, 1864, for a valu-
ble consideration acknowledged to have
been paid therefor, to Graves. It also
appears that Graves was in possesaion of
the land at the time of the conveyance of
the 400 acres to Davis, aud that Davis
bad no notice that he was in possession of
it under a bond for title from Wiley.
Wiley died in 1869 or 1870, and his estate
was not represeaied until one year hod
elapsed after bis death. It also appears
from lbs evidence in the record, that
Davis, the claimant, went into possession
of the land purchased from Graves soon
thereafter, and had been in the continu
ous possession thereof np to the time of
trial, claiming it os his own, patting im
provements thereon, and had cleared up
and cultivated a large portion thereof.
The question made by the record in this
case is, whether Davis, the claimant, had
a good title to the premises in dispute
by prescription? The Code declares,
that “Actual adverse possession of lands
by itself tor twenty years, shall give good
title by prescription against every one,
except the 8tate, or persons laboring an
der the disabilities hereinafter specified.
Adverse possession of lands under teritten
evidence tf title for.seven years, shall give
a like title by prescription.” New Code,
sections 3,682, 3,683. The title to the
land was in Wiley, and the possession of
the 400 acres by Davis under written evi
dence of title as the owner thereof, as
disclosed by the evidenco in the record,
was adverse to the title and interest '
Wiley in and to the land, aud he in t
life-time, and his administrator after his
death, conld have brought an action of
ejectment against Davis, and recovered
possession of it. The possession of the
400 acres by Davis, exercising the acts of
ownership over it as disclosed in the
record, was notice to Wiley and his legal
representative, that be was holding and
claiming the laud adversely to his title.
In onr judgment, the claimant hod a
good prescriptive title to the land in dis
pute under the statute, and that there
was no error in refusing to charge the
jniy as requested, or in the charge as
given, in view of the evidence contained
in the record.
Let the judgment of the Conrt below
be affirmed.
Vason A Davis; George W. Warwick,
for plaintiff in .error.
Lyon A Jackson, for defendant.
Rebecca J. Mize vs. W. A. Hawkins, et
aL Injunction, from Rnmter.
TRIPPE, J.
1. Section 1783, of the Code, declaring
void the contracts of a wife which bind
Lt-
MoCAY. J.
the court to refuse
to charge the jury, as requested' by de
fendant’s counsel, nor was the charge i
roneous in view of the facts set forth
the record.
2. The exception to the charge as to
the ago of the female, was abandoned at
the bearing, as not properly certified to
by the judge.
Judgment affirmed.
George Kimbrough; W. A. Hawkins,
by Allen Fort, for plaintiff in error.
C. F. Crisp, Solicitor General, by brief,
for the State.
Light Guards.
8 o'clock sharp, Mined and
Bnainesa
fore drill.
’OU are htreby ordered to appear at year
Armory to-morrow (Friday evening), at
“*■ “*■ * * equiped for drill.
Bnainesa of importance will be transacted be-
Strayed or Stolen
F ROM Americas, a large, bright bay lfare,
black mane, tall and ' legs; email white
spot, on one side. An equitable reward will
be given for her delivery in Americas, or a
the term of the nndcreigntd, in Webster.
r 25 tf P. F. BROWN.
21 MAMMOTH
JAPANESE SEED CORN, ft
, bleating the aartb.
‘ to gaunt Famine i
FOUND.
O N my lot Saturday morning lent, a large bay
M»rc, black mane ana-tail, star in forehead,
and shod all round. The owner, by provii g
•'—-erty and paying expenses, can get th*-
by railing on me, four miles not th-west
nencus.
r25It BARNEY PARKER.
GEORGIA—Sumter County.
W HEREAS, Mrs. Janie B. Hill having ap
plied to me for Exemption of Pert onalty,
I will past upon the same at my office or
■Wednesday the 7th ot April, 1875, at 10 o’clock
Caution.
A LL persons aro cautioned against trading
for one note, made payable to J. L Huo-
soo, for $500 00; 2 tax executions against A
M. Little for about $50 00 each, tr4naferred t<
Spw. collector; l execution against
J&s. P. West, adm'r., for $<6 95:1 note again*
L P. Dorman; 1 against Simon Ellis, and othei
papers, too numerous to mention. All of sail
S eers havihg been lost on or about the 22m
y of March, I will proceed to have then
duplicated at once.
mar 25 lm J. L HUDSON.
JUST RECEIVED.
A Few Words to Delicate and Feeble
Womei.
By R. V. PIERCE. M. D.. of the
Wobld’b Dispensary, Buffalo, N. Y\
Knowing that you ore subject to
great amount of suffering, tbat delicacy
on your part has a strong tendency to
prolong, and the longer it is neglected
the m -rf '••** h»ve to endure and the
more difficult. i cure your case becomes,
I, as a physician, who is doily consulted
by scores of your sex, desire to say
you, tbat I am constantly meeting with
those who have been treated for their
ailments for months without benefit,
iu the least, until they have become per
fectly discouraged and have almost made
up their minds never to take another
dose of medicine, nor be tortured by any
farther treatment. They had rather die
and have their sufferings ended than t<
live and suffer as they have. They sa;
they are ,worn out by suffering an<
are only made wors9 by treatment. Of
anything more discouraging we certainly
cannot conceive, and wero there no
more successful mode of treating such
difficulties than that, the principles of
which teach tho reducing and depleting
of the vital forces of tho system, when
tho indications dictate a treatment di
rectly the reverse of the one adopted for
them, tlieir casas would bo deplorable
indeed. But lady sufferers, there i
better and far more successful plan
treatment for yon; one more iu harmony
with the laws and requirements of your
system. A harsh, irritating, cauotic
treatment an 1 strong medicines will never
euro you. If you would use rational
means, snch as ooramon-aense should dic
tate to every intelligent lady, take aach
medicines as embody the very be at invig
orating tonics and nervines, compounded
with special reference to your delicate
system. Such a happy combination you
will find in myr Favorite Prescription
which has received tho londeak praise
from thousands of yonrsex. Those lan
guid, tiresome sensations causing yon to
feel scarcely able to be on your feet or
ascend a flight of stairs, that continual
drain that is sapping from your systems
all your former elasticity, and driving the
bloom from yonr cheeks; tbat continnal
strain npon your vital forces that renders
yon irritable and fretful, may all be over
come and subdued by a persevring nse
of that marvelous remedy. Irregularities
and obstructions to the proper wordings
of our systems are relieved by this mild
and safe means, while periodical pains,
the existence of which ia a sure indica
tion of serious disease that chould not
be neglected, readily yield to it, and if
its nae is kept np for a reasonable lenf 11 *
of time the special cante of these pa
is permanently removed. Farther lit
on these subjects may be obtained fr< m
my pamphlet on disease peculiar to your
eex, sent on receipt of two stamps. My
Leaving a balance in bis hands
dne thee connty $ 351.54
Whole amount due the county
from the Connty Treasurer
and Tax Collector $ 634.82
Total indebtedness of county, as
shown by the minutes of Com
missioners Court, outstanding
orders 100.87
Leaving cash on baud at this
time due the county 533.95
And that the Connty School
Commissioner has in band for
school purposes 904 28
The jail is us neatly kept as possible.
The Court House needs recovering, the
seats repairing, and the lightning rods
fitted up. The public roads are all in
a bad condition. We find they have all
been lately worked, and recommend they
be reworked as early as possible.
The bridges of the county generally
need some repairing. The long bridge
across Kinchafoonee creek, near Preston,
unsafe, the underworks being rotten.
We Msk the Commissioners to attend to
it once, and to ull others needing it as
early aa possible.
We recommend tbat Couuty Commis
sioners levy a sufficient tax, not exceed
ing one hnndred per cent, on the State
lax, to pay ail the expenses of the
tv for the present year. We recommend
that special bailiffs for themselves and
horses b« paid each $3 per day while in
actual attendance on conrt, and that all
other bailiff’s be paid $2 per day.
We appoint D. B. Slieperd and J. P.
Beaty a committee to examine the differ
ent county officers’ books and report to
the Grand Jury at March Term of Supe
rior Court in the year 1876.
In taking leave of bis Honor, Jndg<
Clarke, we tender him our thanks foi
kindners to this body, and appreciation
of the dignified and impartial manner in
which he administers the law.
To Solicitor General Crisp our thanks
for courtesies shown this body.
We ask that these presentments be
poolisbcd in Sumter Republican.
D. R. Shfvh 'i.p Foreman.
Jacob Barenf'” . « . A Kinibiougb.
J. T. CllUlUUi;, .*1 U, Bell,
W. U. Blankensnip, J. l>. Recvi.s,
F. C. Sanuders, W. J. Simms,
“ ‘ J. W. Clements,
W H. Mathews,
W. H. Cosby,
J. P Wise,
J. W. Carter,
j. R. King.
J. T. Weight, Sec’y.
Ordered by the Court that the within
presentments be spread upon the min
utes of the Court, and that the Clerk fur
nish the Sumter Republican with a cer
tified copy thereof for publication.
J. M. Clark, J. S. C. S. W. C.
C. F. Crisp, 8ol. Gen. S. W. C.
March 12, 1875.
I certify tbat the above is a true copy
of General Presentments of the Grand
Jury of the Superior Court of Webster
county, sworn to serve at the March
Term of said Court, 1875.
M. L. McLendon, Clerk.
A LARGE LOT OF THE
FINEST FLOUR
n this market. Lows of good
bread come and see for yourselves. Pric<»
very low, at SINaLEl’ARY BROU
rl8-lm South side public squsre.
D. P. HOLLOWAY,
DENTIST,
P ERFORMS all operations on the natura
teeth, and inserts artificial teeth, on th-
latest and most improved methods.
Gold Filuxos,. ... $ 1 00 to t 50
Abtifu ul Teeth, Full Sets 30 00 to 800 0
Uppeb or Lower Sets 15 00 to 150 m
Having provided himself with the latest im
provements in both Operative and Mechanic*
Dentistry, lie promises good and aatistector
work to all who may favor him with their pat
ronage. D. P. HOLLOWAY.
Office over Davenport A Smith’s Drag Store.
marltJ-tf.
QOUTHERN District of Goorgia, ea. at Amen
O^cna, Sumter county. Georgia, March 16tb
The undersigned hereby gives notice of h:
appointment as Assignee of James 8. Green
of the county of Lee, and State of Geot gia, with
in said district, who has been adjudged a Bank
rapt on bis own petition by the District Com
or said D strict. ALLEN FORT,
mar!8-3w* Assignee.
S OUTHERN District of Georgia, ss. at Amen
cua, Snmter county, Georgia, March 16ti.
the connty of Snmter, and State of Georgia
within said district, who has been adjudged
Bankrupt on his own petition by the Diatri
Court of said District. B. P. HOLLIS.
V ,d
Thi, ia th. in *nMric, ’
SyS'Z-fgffft-W-. "lr I. .hi.Sri,;
••it mill te. , 1", —Journal, Corning N Y
tQt in tit. .,',10.1.
vUi yield m onr climate two crops a yJmr ‘- <!t
Mrttjn-, BMtro, Texu. -ItcKb/JSi*,,’,, .
A K&VKr , H ,1 “
"nttnP innd."—Hr. M.„-
We have the above testimony on file in
•Bice, and could produce manv more if
wonld permit. It will produce from £0 tv
tehela or aArifed Coin to the acre on anv
*oil, torn Florida to O-egon. We t
m statement* to these facts. 1
he important points of auper.ority claime.l
this Corn over other varieties, and wim-h
fully sustained by too voluntary statements
•f farmers who raised from se .d gut of nr i.h.
ear, are these:
1st. This Com will yield from twice to three
imes ss many bushel to the acre on the same
toil and with the same culture.
2nd. The Corn ta heavier in weight, has a
larger, longer ear and thinner husk, and make*
Jurn meal for ramily use sweeter and more nu
nhouaaod valuable for feeding stock.
. *?.- The stalks grow more vigorous an<!
neaitny, and mfflekaily stiuug *o pioduce from
wed-developed ears.
] he stalks bear more foliage and is b*t
»er for feeding.
5tb. That it will grow and produco a profit-
tble crop o’i ground where other corn wul not
grow to maturity.
6th. I. ripens earlier and is not liable to U
janght by frost
7Uu To be cut green and used for feedxg, n
*• P* r cent, better than any other variety
Our c
Jt rare, ... „„
the balance shelled by hand.
WE WARRANT EVERY GR A;N OF IT
Xo Grow.
The increase yield per acre over the old varle-
will pay for the seed 20 times over; besides
■very fanner that plants this year will have a
arge demand for seed at good prices,
lois Corn was prodntvu by some procured l v
nr Consular Agent, and said to have its crigu
a Japan. It r .
TERMS:
By mail, post-paid, $1.00 p«r pound, put np in
eat packages; 15 packages for $10; 50 psekagrs
»r $20; 100 package* for 130. Llegaut Chrome ■
9 by 24 inches, together with a stalk or “Jape-
lese Com,” having no less than
TWENTY FULL-GROWN EaRS
f Corn on it, some ol them measuring t*-n and
*elve inches in length, will be sent free of
barge when 15 or more packages of Corn are
-idered at one time.
Some of onr agents to whom we have vent
tmpU stalks, are to-day making over FIFTY
•OLLARS a day, showing the stalks and tak-
ig orders for the Com.
5000 Agents Wanted! NoSeedstnt ont (’.
» D. Terns Cash.
Registered letters arc at onr riek. Our terms
r - all the same to Grangers, Odd Fellows and
jmmon tolka. Address cash orders to
E. GUSTAVUS A CO.,
Publishers ot “Travelers in Japan,"
Holstov,
feb!8-2m Washington County, Vs
t he undersigned hereby gives notice ot hi
appointment ss Assignee or Joseph T. Balk, <■
the county or Marion, and'State of Georgii
within said district, who has been adjudged
Bankrupt on his own petition by the Distrh
Conrt or said District. B. F. HOLLiS,
inarl8 3w Assigns*.
J T Luusford,
J. W. Leverett,
J. W. May,
R. A. Bell.
Daniel Davis,
A Royal Organ.
The stomach has been well named a “royal
organ,” since it sways and controls the entire
system, every glande, tisane and nerve sympa
thizing with it as the servants of a prince sym
pathizes with iheir master. EacV of them is
led and sustained by it—cven the brain itself,
the centre of sensation, is absolutely dopant np
on it for sustenance. Consequently, when the
stomach fails to perform its all-important office,
the subordinate organs r Iso falter in their duty.
The reason why Hostetra’S Stomach Bitters
have snch a wondronaly beneficial effect npon
the general health, and are such a reliable pre
ventive of disease*- is that they epuadily
come weakness or disorders of the stomach
and thus insure complete nourishment of the
entire system and a healthful performance of
its various functions. Unlike tbpsc stimulants
whoso alcoholic principle !■* unmodified
by judicious medication, the spirituous
basis of this Bitters, which L of tho purest de
scription, holds no solution herbal' alb relives
and invjgorants to which a foremost rank has
been assigned ia materia medico. Bat it is
alone tbe fact that theeo sovereign botanic ele
ments enter into the composition of the Bitiero
tbat constitutes them such a benign tonic and
corrective, but also that they sre so happily
combined that the fall « ffect of each is exerted 1
npon the disorded or dibilitated system. Tbe
digestive and eecretativo organs sre tbe first to
experience their beneficent operation, which
extends, by sympathy, to tbe brain, the nerves
and tbe emulation. The influence thus exer
ted to fruitful or those great sanitary results
which have bnilt np the reputation of this truly
national medicine.
her separate estate (or the debts of her Favorite Prescription is sold by drag-
batbsnd, does not affect tbe power ot it gists.
The undersigned hereby gives notice of bi
appointment as Assignee of Wiley Jones, of th
only or Snmter, and State of Georgia., witl.
■aid district, who has been spjndged a Bank
rapt on his own petition by the District Com
of said District. C. F. CBI -P,
uiarlG-3\v Assignee.
appointment as Assignee of R. E. Cobb
J. H. Allen, of tho firm or Cobb A Allen, ol _
city of Americas, the county of Snmter, in ssi
S OU i HERN District of Georgia, m. at Ameri
cus. Snmter connty, Georgia, Febrnan
26th 1875.
Tbe undersigned hereby gives notice of hk
appointment as Assignee or John M. R. Wes-
brook of the oonnty of Snmter and State of Qa
within said District, who has been adjudged
Bankrupt upon his own petition by tbe Distric
FISHING TACKLE.
(IfE have Inst received a fins lot of FISHING
W TACKLE of all kinds used in thii
iiod of the country, and invito \LL to
and examine it. We will sell at the
Lowest Prices.
THOS. M. EDEN & SON.
o still agents for the Remington
GUANO ON TIME.
J b. PRICK will continue the Warehonei
• and Commission business. Anxi
serve all who will lavor him with their p
age promise faithful services and moderate
chargee.
EXAMINE MT PRICES OF GUANO
Before purchasing elsewhere.
Respectfully, J. L-PRICE.
Same old stand, East side public sqnsri
TO THE PUBLIC!
rnHE undersigned respect!nlly invitee the citi-
X zena of Snmter, and adjoining counties to
call and examine his stock of
LIGHT GROCERIES
CONFECTIONERIES,
TOBACCO and CIGARS,
Why will You Fine Away?
Without a Parallel.—-The demand
for Dr. J. Brad fields Female Regulator
ia beyond precedent in the annals of
popular remedies. Order* come in so
thick and fast that tbe proprietor has,
heretofore, been unable to. fill them all
He ia happy to state that arrangements
sre nov complete by which he is prepar
ed to manufacture Female Regulator on
a scale equal to the emergency, and the
public may feel assured that their wants
may now be ii^plied. Physicians of
high repute are using this great remedy,
in-daily practice, all over Georgia. Here
after no wotaun need suffer from sup
pressed, suspended or irregular menstrua
tion. This valuable medicine is pre-
K ed by L. H. Bradfield. Druggist, At-
ta, Ga., and sold at $150 per bottle
by ' respectable druggists throughout
America.
RYE,
CORN
and BOURBON,
PEACll,
APPLE,
CHERRY,
GINGER,
and COGNAC BRANDIKS,
(HNS and WINES of al! kind*.
All of which he proposes to soil at prices that
NOTICE.
U.8. INTERNAL REVENUE
SPECIAL TAXES.
May X, 1973, to April 33, 1870.
Revised Statutes of the United Stat
Section 3232, 3237, 3238 and 3239 l
perron engaged iu any business, a
mootwhicT
. employment which renders
a SPECIAL TAX TO PROCURE
fJkCE CONSPICUOUSLY IN HIS ESTAl
ISHMENT OR PLACE OF BUsINE 1
TAMP denoting the payment of said SPECIAL
AX for the Sprcisl Tax Year beginning May 1,
875, before commencing or continuing bn*:-
»ss alter April 30,1875
Tbe taxes embraced within the provisions <>r
fie law above quoted are tbe following, viz:
ectifiers $200 00
Talers, retail liquor 25 C O
Jealers, wholesale liquor 100 00
Talers in malt liquors, wholesale— 50 0J
fealera in leaf tobacco 25 00
•etail dealers in leaf tobacco 500 10
And on sales of over $1,000, fifty cents
for every dollar in excess of $1,0(
Talers in manufactured tobacco..
taiinfactorers of stills
And for each still manufactured.
20 10
each worm manufactured— 20 00
lannfactnrers of tobacco 10 0*)
lannfociurers of cigars 10 00
—» of tobacco, flret class [more
horse or other animal] 15 00
Meddlers of tobacco, fourth dass [cn foot
’" conveyance 10 00
foregoing requirements will be
robject to severe penalties.
Persons or&rmt liable to pay any of the Specfsl
Taxes named above most apply to the i)cpn-
Collector of the proper division, er to A. B.
.'larks. Collector of internal Revenue, at Ma
con: Ga., and pay for and procure tbe special
Tax Stamp, or Stamps they need, prior to Xla«
1,1875, and without FURTHER NOTICE.
J. W. DOUGLASS,
Washington, D. C., February 1, 1875.
marl8-2am2m
t: h. bolshaw,
152, St. Julian St., and 149, Bryan Sired.
^ SAVANNAH, GA.
Sole Ag*t for Georgia for
.^ijElPER’S
PATENT FLY TRAP-
flHtS trap has been need externively in Geor-
Testimonials.
In store a fall line of
GLASSWARE,
FUASKS,
TINWARE,
CUTLERY
KEROSENE LAMPS
mod CHIMNEYS.
At the LOWEST CASH PRICE-i. .
~ OrdcT.bym^pjn.^.thj^dtc.
msifirtfr Savannah, Ga.
500 GALLONS
Americas, Ga. .
marUtf W. H. EDMURDSON. A®* that fine SCUPPERNONG WINE for
One gallon non-explosive . Kerosene
tickets—ten for three dollars—for cash
only, at Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store.
P. L. MIZE,
AUCTION AND
MERCHANT
Americus,
S PECIAL attention to Administrators, Execu
tors, Guardians, and all other sales. Prompt
returns made. Consignments solicited.
feb'25-ly H
• - - Georgia-
at $2 60 per gallon. '
D «en Pottles of PURE SPARKLING
NE for sale t”
J. B. MINK
lOOsODPrEBNOSQ WINE