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The Copiali Investigation.
C W. HANCOCK. Proprietor
If A.XCOCK& \YARRB!TFiiUton I j<%rity report, and th* report is what it
— - i w . 9 . ; iflUn >.i to be from tb« beginning
Fr.day, May 16. 188*.
Official Organ of City of Americus.
Official Organ of Sumter County.
Official Organ of Schley County.
Official Organ of Webster Counly
PUBLISHER'S NOTH'
e hundred* or dollai
ItEPoni4c„.. .. .
raltetl patiently and im-
.. W’ - ■ —*--
> settle
fallowing points
x.(»M:ripUons totho UErcnuci
W.»ks. Wo have waited patiei
patiently for money. We appeal V
are In arrears to settle up. We want i
ley, because we need it. We make t
owing points:
. Those who are unable to pay will plea
notlfjnis.
. Those who can and intend U
kind enough U
please carry o
r good intentio
looting of the Democratle Ex-
ccutivo Committee.
The democratic K:
se of Sumter county
icel at tlm Court Honso at ten o’clock
: in.. SATURDAY MAY 17th, ISM,
n Commit-
nnpo
hind
The
outrages i
, Uoo.iy shirt campaign
doenment.
that one
they cm-
brace the whole State in their report,
and represent the citizens of Miaaiaaip*
pi as but little better than a race of
heathens and cannibals. They recom
mend that o/ler the next election the
question whether that State is nnder a
Republican government and deserves a
place in the sisterhood of American
Stnu-y. he investigated and determined.
They do not say before the next elec
tion, because their corrupt and selfish
design would be too prominently con
spicuous.
They want Mississippi dropped from
the mil of States; not because of
aginaiy outrages established by the
testimony of a herd of ignorant and
unprincipled witnesses, bnt because it
stands in the way of Republican
cess and is the only victim they
find to offer np. lint this committee
goes further. They say that their
judgment is formed from statements
in the democratic press, without saying
and
snnd stamped letter*
< laid. U. M. Andrew!
cd on tin 7th from Sun
olina, to aalk to Baste
fident ho will hold out.
, The largest book*evi
find pr
from “well known” (not proven) facts.
Now, why call this a report? Why
have a hearing in Copiah county
they me going to base their decish
npon “wpII known facts” and asse
lions of the democratic press which
they could read by their firesid
home?
svident that they could
enough to serve their
ecu among the depraved and
retches who took the stand,
>wn opinions are necessarily
brongbt forward to supplement the
itimony and make a stronger case.
copied one room, heard testimony
th reference to outrages committed
ere aud no where else, and then em-
aced the wholo State in their report,
ippose ire were to judge Ohio or any
her Northern State by outrages cora-
itted at particular localities, “state-
ents of ihe press,” and “well knowi
ers,” without any evidence sustain
g those statements and facts? Th
dgement would have, and would de
rve have, no possible effect i
tanging an impartial and enlightened
public opinion, and we have bnt little
doubt that this majority repor
share the same fate. In the Itepnbli-
can dictionary, investigation of radicals
means “acqaittal,” and investigation
of Democrats means “convic
Railroads in tlie Interior.
The Cents a i. Dibectom is Con «n-
v.sczwmi a Delegation Feoh Pees-
TOX AND AMERICCS WITH ReTEBESCB
to New Branches is Socthwest
Savannah News, lfch.
Hon. D. B. Harrell, of Preston, Ga.,
and Messrs. Uriah B. Harrold, Samuel
II. Hawkins and "W. 11. Davidson, of
Americas, appeared before the Direc
tors *f the Central Railroad yesterday 1
to urge the importance of the construc
tion of a branch railroad from the south
western road to extend into that terri
tory between Enfanla, Ala., and Ool-
lumbus, Ga. The matter has been agi
tated among the people of that portion
of Southwest Georgia for some time
wo branch lines have been propos-
Uueof these is from I.nmpkii
Stewart county, to tap the Southwes-
•rn at Americus, distance of about for-
f miles, and the other in from Preston
i Webster county, to t»Dthe South-
restern at Smith ville, in Lee county, a
distance of twenty miles. Col. D. B.
Harrell appeared to urge the Preston-
Smithvilie route, and the other gentle
men came in favor of the Lumj.kin-
Americns branch. The claims of both
these rontes were presented by this dele
gation to the Central Directors with
a view to obtaining assistance from
that corporation, but with what
reticent aa to the mattei
Col. Harrell said to a Morn I
Newt reporter. “You needn’t ask i
anything about this business. It w
an understanding among ns before '
left home to keep as much of our m
sion and its reenlts from the public
possible, not that we do not appreciate
tbe power of the newspapers, bnt sc
many railroads have been built on pa
per that we want to get things in som<
certain and tangible shape before wi
f reclaim even what we propose to do.
’restonand Smithville are ready tr
grade and tie a track and ask tbe Cen
tral folks to equip it, which they hsvi
understood was to be done. The rosd
will bring into communication with th<
world a rich section of Ga., heretofore
neglected which ever route may be de
cided upon. We have been before the
Central people and made onr little
speeches, and it remains to be seen
wbatwill be done.”
The Americas delegation were equal
ly as reticent, and the directors of the
Central who were sonnded by the
porter weie not dispoeed
UAH K15S-HARDY HOMICIDE
• ■ obloquy.’ ’ But we hope the eyei
te American public are being open-
> the stupendous iniquities of the
v in power, and that the hoi
bntion is coming.
don.
But there is one point upon which
“reticence” is no longer necessary o
possible. Messrs. Collier and Bald
have already been employed, and ar
engaged in snrveying the route of tbe
railroad from Americas to Lumpkin
The negotiations may fail, bnt th.
work will snceeed. Araericns, Lump
kin and tbe intermediate points hav<
the means and the determination t<
carry U through, and all efforts to hin
der or hamper it’s progress will prov.
futile and unfruitful.
sub-
of Pennsylvania
250 houses. T
ished in the flan
out of the wood
raging fire.
The Atlanta
won’t he long Wore some of the scribes
and pharisees will ho chunking thun
der holts at “The Atlanta. milking
David Baker, near Gaston, Virginia,
says he saw a snake “fourteen feet long
and of a dirty, clay color. It was as
thick as a man’s waist, and WcWnsc of
its size, its head was raised off of the
ground.” David had been drinking a
whiskey.
Tbe firm of Grant, Ward A Co.,
failed in New York last week. General
Grant was the Senior member ot tbe
firm. Spcculat : ng in real estate did
the work. It is now in order to band
aronnd the hat again for the General
or for the Republicans to take care of
him by nominating him for the I’resi-
The Georgia papr
an editor or printer
a lunatic asylum, h
keep mighty qni
if tlia
, tbal
the
■son (Ay.) W
los because we thought everybody
w that men engaged in the Inc
business of editing Georgia ne
ers, stood no possible chanci
.king into au almshouse. A sir
i mav go crazy, bnt a million)
ot likely to go to the poor-house
Dr. Felton’s So Good. j
stating that he will not he a candidate
for Congress, this year. We breathe
freer now. The announcement has re
lieved the inexpressible wretchedness
of onr feelings, and soothed and tran- j
qnilized a whole parcel of our nerves.
What a merciful, benignant man the
dear old Dr. is. Ho could easily tear
down the democratic play-house and
toss Jud Cliniens higher than a kite;
but, bless his precious old aonl, he
won’t do it. That’s what Suggs
would call “actin’ squat.”
Gen. I-ongstrcct Advances to the
Front.
Gen. Longstrect is the candidato of
the Whig party for Governor of Geor
gia. The General may be elected by
an overwhelming majority. We are
no prophet and, with the lights at
present before ns, we wont dare to insin
uate the possibility of his defeat. Bat
we respectfully suggest that since Nor-
cross and Jack Brown are off duty and
the colored troops not likely to “fight
nobly” in the coming campaign, and
since further he is to bo tho Leonidas
of a very small Spartan band, be bad
as well keep bis rear open and be pre
pared if necessary to
lantry and strategy i
treat.
The New Orleans Imposition.
The agitation of the proposition for
i loan of $1,000,000 by the Govern-
nent for the Cotton Exposition, at New
Orleans, brings to the surface some in-
cresting facts about this great Exposi-
ion, and what it is likely to be.
Nearly $700,000 have been raised by
he city of New Orleans, the State of
Louisiana, subscription to the stock,
ind by donatiou. Substantial aud com
modious buildings have been erected.
The main building is tbe largest ever
reared in the world, except the famous
| Crystal Palace in London. It is
[iiirtcr of a mile long and a fifth of
nile wide. Vast as it is, containing an
exhibition space of 1,700,000
‘ret, yet even now, eight months before
he gates are to be open, nearly 2,000,-
000 feel have been applied for. Individ-
rs alone have asked for
900.O00 square feet, which is nearly
200,000 more than was occupied by
individual exhibitors at tbe Centennial
at Philadelphia.
Every State in the Union, saya the
Savannah Times; and every Territory,
will b« present. More than twenty
foreign nations have applied for space.
Even Persia, Turkey, Japan and China
are coming. The world in ministnre
will be there, and all the indication!
are that a more national and greater
international display will be made at
this than at the wonderful exposition of
Philadelphia in 1*70. The vast de
mands made for space, the cordial
acceptance of so many foreign nations
of the invitations sent by the President
and the inability of tbe city of Nei
Orleans and the Cotton Planters Asw
eiation and the whole State of Louisia
na to futuiah the reqi
commodate the vast proportion that the
Exposition is assuming, have induced
the Board of Management to apply to
Congress for such aid in the shape of a
loan as was extended to Philadelphia
in I $70, but not ho great an amount.
Congress loaned to Philadelphia $1,-
500,000. The Board of Management
of the World’s Industrial and Cotton
Centennial Exposition rsk #1,000,000.
It isgratifyingtoknow that Congress
is disposed to view with favor the re
quest of the Board of Management.
The Exposition will be the South’s first
attempt at a World’s Fair, and the
Koitors Constitution:
itted to the civil service
for their consideration
which John E. Bryant has
sending to postmasters and others
holding government positions in Ge
tiling npon them for money to
in the election of a republican
and congressmen, and tlx
Me. A: C. Hardy, Brother tv "the
Victim, tiie First Witeess Upox
the StaUd—The Wabeaet joe
Murder . is First Degree^—Fdld
Testimony, in the Trim. Before
•Tenor. JeFfeR*.
Anniston Hot Blast
Wednesday tbe preliminary trial of
tbe Stats vs. WflRa A. Hawkins, Jr.",
charged with murder, was begun be
fore Judge H. L. Jeffer*. Tbe Justice
court room was so very small that the
Court adjourned to the law office of
J. J. Willett,^F.-q. At 11 o’clock both
sides annonneed ready. Saffold Bar
ney, Esq,, John M. Caldwell and Col.
Broyle*. of Atlarifa. appeared lor th<
prosecution. The defendant waa iep-
resented by Col. N. B. I Vsgin and J
J. Willett, Esq., Judge W. A. Hawk-
1, of Americus, father of tbe defend-
t, was in conn. The prisoner has
been in jail at Jacksonville since tbe
homicide, and was brought here for
trial Wednesday by Marshal Hontei
The State through Mr. Be’rnyaunount
ed ready, and the defendant announced
ready through Col. Feagin. The
rant was sworn out by A. C. Hardy,
and charges the defendant with mur
der in the fit si degree. The witnesses
for both sides were sworn and pot un
der the role. The defendant waived
the reading of the warrant, and admit
ted that the deceased came to his death
from a pistol hall fired by the prisoner.
Tii? first witness introduced Iot tbe
State was A. C. Hardy, brother ol the
deceased, who in substance testified as
follows: Western Hardy was the
name of the deceased. He was my
killed by Willis A.
Hawkins, Jr., in Anniston, on the 2nd
day of May, of this year, in front of
the Red Light Restaurant. He wat
shot Friday afternoon aud died Satur
day at fonr o’clock. Friday evening
I was standing in front of that restau
rant when Mr. Hawins came np. His
voice seemed to falter and he said to
some one that there is two of the
but I don’t care. He then tam
ed and asked me if we had not always
been friends, and I replied yee. He
then asked me if he had not otten called
me a He, ’and I said no, he had not; he
«aid he had, and I then asked him if he
meant to call me a liar, and he said
yea, that J was a liar. I told him I
wonld not take that. He drew his pis
tol, and I told him that did not frighten
me, ami I picked np a stool to strike
him, when my brother stepped np and
slapped him in the face and caught at
his pistol. The stroke sorter stagger
ed him, and as he recovered he fins! at
my brother. My brother went into the
»aloon with his hand3 on
I asked some one to see that Hawkins
was arrested, and then went to my
brother and staid with him until bis
|death.
Cross-examined—I live here and
a billiard saloon. I have known '
Hawkins for sir weeks, he having been
about my saloou quite often. He takea
his meals at the red light restanrant.
He passed by my door that evening to
get to the restanrant. He did not stop
at my saloon. I am positive he came
np the street and passed by saloon.
When he stopped near me he said there
if the but ha
tha .tool, but I trialto Uke it •»»,
fiorn him. I then heard tbe pistol shot,
but did uoi see the deceased strike him
my back was ta him. Tbe 8i*te
closed.
The defense • began by introducing
Mt. J. 0. MaAevei, who was sworn,
and in aabataneeaaid: I do not reside
" at I was here last Friday. I
the billiard room and heard Mr.
Hawkins call the deceased a lie, when
the deceased said be wonld not take
that, itawlriiui said lie only said it in
fan. and the deceased still sahl be did
not lika. to he caliad * -1 ia. -iiawkina
then said, well, yon can take it as yon
please, when the deceased struck him
twice, breaking thi *
fifteen or twenty mi
ins. Bash and Adderhold lalkint
front of the restanrant I joined t
and Hawkins was talking about
fight, when Ijon IlarJy -repped up
said he wonld hava done tlm «
thing. (Mr. MaboverN testiu
from this on was about the same**
Adder hold’a. j
SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS-
G. T. WALKER. - - - - Editc
aw Hawk-
At the conclusion of Mr. Maihove
testimony tbe defense closed and a
non need that they did not care to inn
dace any farther testimony.
The argument of the case was th
l*egun for ihe date by Saffold Berm
E*q Mr. B-rney made ,i
tpeech of^ti
all tbe law bearing upon tbe case, and
ipplied the law to’the lact*. He was ii*
tened to with marked attention by ihe
judge, and tbe large audience who had
assembled to hear the speeches. Mr
Berney waa congratnlated on his effort
J. J. Willett. Esq. following/or thi
defense, and though yonng in the prac
tice of the law, bis handling of thecas,
stamped him as a man of ability and
destined to take high rank
He grew eloquent in the defense of his
client, and contended that it was .
ly a case of self defease. At the
back
commisaiouers have instrncted
ly to the federal officeholders of
corgis “to treat Bryant’s circn’ar
with contempt.”
In addition to the above I will say
on my own responsibility that the
“circular” is one of Bryant’s black
mailing schemea, and ahonld not be
noticed by decent men.
I will furthermore add that I am di
rected by the postmaster general to
say that postmasters in Georgia refus
ing or failing to send money to Bryaut
in obedience to said “circular,” shall
be protected so Car as their tenure of
office is concerned.
Very Respectfully,
Jack Brown.
of both of them,
hen to tac, but he tamed
and asked if be had not al-
ys treated me as a gentleman,
id he had. When 1 6aw be intended
shoot, I got behind the column and
sed the stool to my fi ~
brother’s hand appeared in his face he
staggered hack and in a few.eeconds he
fired. I did not hear him say he had
been badly beaten np and had
Anniston. He was not ex-
sven or eight feet from me
after he arrived there up
of the shooting. I did not
grab the stool until I saw his pistol.
Hawkins was not at tbe red light
taurant when I came np. I was there
first.
all bis gal-
•ily re
effort^
That Chorister.
Ttvimpson waa ao (raid some
else would raise the tone he nev
parson Graver get beyond the first line
before he “sot in.”
Once the parson had forgotten hia
specks and concluded to dispense with
the singing. He began to tell the con-
gregaiion so: “My eyes are dim, 1
Thompson bitched the words togeth
er to a long metre tune—
“My eyes are dim I cannot see."
The old gentleman looked excited:
“I meant to make apology.”
“I meant to make apologee.”
He was a little fretted: “I didn’t
bring my apecka along.”
"I didn’t bring my specks along.”
The preacher oonld stand it no lon
ger. Looking fiercely at Thompson
he remarked with emphasis, “J
not giving out a song.”
“1 am not giving out a song.'*
That was enough. The parson rain
ed his hand: “Brethren let ns pray.”
What a humiliating eircnmi
is when we reflect npon the fact that
not one public man of the dominam
party for the past 25 years can show ■
record that will bear aerntiny.—Penn-
sylvanin Argus.
Ton are mistaken, they are “bearing
itiny.’’every mail bring tidings that
ie one of their records is being
.zed. Kellogg’s has just ended and
Swaim’e is now going on. 1
that corrupt officials and perjured ja-
endeavoriug to cancel quiet
der the mask of aeqnittal, bnt the
deuce it read by the people and we hope
and believe the elections next fall will
prove that the “records of the public
men belonging to the dominant party”
borne aerntiny, tbe scorch;
burning, withering aerntiny of a •
taons, ineligerant and a loeg suffering
constituency.
Gov. McDaniel has proved himself
a blameless and unexceptionable
utive officer, and will be re-elected
without opposition. When
people of Georgia, ever before,
imons and ao harmonious npon any
question as tbe re-election of her
thy, gifted and patriotic Govt
Henry D. McDaniel?
If it be the duty of the government
to educate the children, then it clearly
isn’t tbe doty of parents to educate
them, for the same duty can’t be dis
charged by different agents.— Tele
graph and Messenger.
“The eame duty can’t be discharged
by different ageuts!” I can’t talk i
ligion to my child, because be hai
preacher, can’t keep him out of devil
ment because he is confronted by the
terrors of a frowning law? “If it
the duty of tbe government, then
clearly ain’t the doty of parente to ed
ucate their children? Why, neighbor!
Did yon ever see a parent who didn’t
feel it hie duty to help the teacher, tbe
preacher and everybody else to educate
hie children, and did you ever see one
who thought anything on earth coaid
cancel his obligations in that respect.
The State of Georgia ie now giving
education to the children, and “tbe
doty can’t be discharged by different
agents?” Bah!
Public 8pe»klng.
Lawyers. Ministers and Politicians
before addressing an andience, should
take two good doses of Brewer’s Long
Restorer and they will ffnd that their
throats will not beoome parched and
voices husky.
Landreth’8 Freeh Garden Seeds, at
Dr. Eld rid go’s Drug Store.
Redirect—The red light restanrant
10th sUeet. The shooting took
place about seven o’clock. When I
it saw Hawkins I was standing
j restaurant, and Hawkins was ooi
r up from the direction of the depot,
d I first saw him in front of my
loon. In the forenoon before the
killing, I saw Hawkins in my pool
Jnst as he stepped out ofth*
heard Hawkins say this ii
the last of it. He then went in
direction of bis room. Before leaving,
brother came np and apologised ft
Joseph E. Adderhold was sworn, and
in substance said: I knew Western
Hardy. I was sitting
restanrant and saw Hawkins below tbe
billiard saloon, and the deceased stand
ing in the saloon door. The deceased
said he had broken a billiard
Hawkins. Awhile afterwards Haw
kins returned to my restaurant, coming
tanrant telling Bush and me and others
about how he had been treated, when
Mr. Lon (A. C.) Hardy came np and
slapped his hands together, said, “Yes,
and I would have treated you the eame
way.” Hawkins then said, “Lon
haven’t I called yon a lie In fun? when
Hardy said no yon haven’t. Hawkins
said yes, I have, and Hardy said, do
yon mean to dispute my word,and with
that remark jerked up a stool and en
deavored to strike him with it, but
some one canght hold of it. The de
ceased then ran up to Hawkins and
struck him with his fist, staggering
him back against the awning. As he
told hit
deceased w<
Hawkins went toward his room.
Gross examined—Mr. Hardy had tbe
chair drawn nntil Hawkins took down
bis pistol. When llawkina came to
the restanrant he did not pass the bil
liard saloon, bnt came in the opposite
direction. HawkiUs did not draw his
pistol nntil after the deceased had etruck
him, and he drew it as he recovered
from the blow and immediately fired.
IJawkins did not say there
Mr. David Pittani sworn, mud in sub
stance said: I was jnst inside tbe bil
liard saloon when the shooting took
place, near the door. I could not see any
one except those next to the outside of
the pavement. They were Mr. Hawk
ins and Mr. Adderhold. Mr. Hawktm
had the pistol in his hand and bad fired
ami Adderhold got hold of tbe pietol
and told him not to fire again. 1 was
not present at tbe difficulty between
the deceased and the prisoner, and nev
er heard the prisoner make any threats
A. P. Bash sworn, and in substance
•aid: I waa in the restanrant and
was Hawkins. He told me he bad been
beat al! np and had been badly treated
have done the same thing. Hawkins
•aid Lon I have called you a liar in
fnn, and so have I called Bneb a liar,
Lon Hardy said be hadn’t and naked if
Hawkins meant to dispute his word.
Hawkins said no, bnt be bad called
him a lie. Hardy then tried to get np
EUaviUe, Ga. May 15.18St.
ing.
Tbnrsdav morning the argument
red. Colonel N. B.
Feagan following for tbe defend)
Colonel Feagin has bnt recently mo
Anniston from Union Springs,
his ability as a lawyer had preceded
people were prepared to
n able and eloqnent law
yer, and io this they were not disappoin
ted. His speech wat a powerful one
for the prisoner. He reviewed and dD-
sected the testimony of each witness
and adjusting it all declared the case
ne of self defense. He was listened to
itb marked attention.as his eloquence
and logic rang out in the crowded court
John M. Caldwell, Esq., clospd the
gnment for tbe State. Me. Caldwell
and recognized throughout
this section as one of the ablest yonng
lawyers in Alabama. We do not re
member to have listened to a clearer
argument ora more eloquent speech,
stamping him as a criminal lawyi
the first magnitnde. He ineisted that
yonug Hawkins was gnilty of mnrdei
and if not murder in the first degree,
rtainly murder in the second degree.
After the argument had been conclu
ded, Judge Jeffers reviewed the t
mony and said the evidence wonld not
make out a case of mnrd**- did he
think heonghttodisch • ’-i n . i.tirely
and therefore wonld %•!«•»• ’••• •• ro bail
thousand dollars to
appear at the Angnst term of Calhonn
rcait court. The bond was readily
iveo, and the prisoner discharged. In
the afternoon young Hawkina, accom
panied by his father, Colonel Willis A-
Hawkins,took the Georgia Pacific train
r Atlanta.
It may not be amiss to say that the
immunity generally regret this oeenr-
nce. They formed no conclusion un
til after the evidence had been heard;
among those who heard it we think a
majority thought the
Democratic Executive Committee.
t'he Deuocratic Executive Committee
J Schley county ia requested to
it the Cunrt House in EUaviUe i
u’cjock a. tit., on SATURDAY*, May
24th. to attend to such business as
may come before the body.
E. 8. Baldwin, Chairman.
G. T. Walker, Secretary.
Mulberries, strawberries and dew-
rries are plentiful lor pies.
IMnms have passed the salt stage
id entered into the ache age.
Oats are heading out unusually low,
id a large harvest is not expected.
Our people are having quantities of
tap beans, beets,peas, squashes, tur
nips, potatoes and “sich truck,.”.
i to attend the Sunday School
f Rev. E. J. Benton when he
fills his nearest appointment to you;
ill be interesting to both old and
yoaog. ^
A regular-syk-lark inhabits Schley
county, that mounts beyond where the
eye of man reacheth early in the morn
ing as it singe its melodious strains.
Last Thursday evening and Friday
morning we had - quite a life giving
little rain that enabled farmers to plant
■west potato plants, fmng up cotton,and
in fact it helped everything, even to
young ducks.
Every head of a family who is with
out, should keep a good supply of
simple medicine on hand, especially at
this season of the year, by so doing yon
may save a member of yoor family and
physician’s bill.
Out meaaley mail facilities" causes
i to lose abont one or two issnee ol
the Telegraph and Messenger every
week, or place it three or four days be
hind. When it is lost, we are too.
It will soon be time for the schools
tbrongbont this section to close the
spring session, and we hope that the
principals will let ns know, as sc
they can, when and with what, if any,
exercises they will close with.
FOOD FOB THOUGHT.
Justice is troth in at lion.
To get rid of a l ad friend, aak him
for what yon most nerd.
Nothing is never done beautifully
which is done iu rivalship.
He lives most who thinks most, feels
the noblest, acts the best.
Honor demanded is as worthless as
insnlt undeserved is hnrilesa.
I,ove is better than spectacles to
make everything item greet.
A great misfortune gives grandeur
even to an insignificant being.
Womeu like brave men exceedingly;
audacious tneo still more.
Try whst forgiveness will do before
m resort to punishment.
To learn much we must learn a lit
tle at a time and learn that well.
Discontent is tbe want of self re
liance; it is the infirmity of will.
A lover has all the defects that a
husband has not.
Thi path of duty in this world i.the
road to salvation in the next.
Conrtesy is never out of place It
as easy to look and spesk pleassnt-
, as the reverse.
They that apend their days
and prayer, shall end their dayi
and comfort.
He that voluntarily continue* igno
rant, is guilty of all the crimes which
ignorance produces.
There are in certain heads a kind of
established error against which reason
The progress of rivers to the ocean
not near so rapid as that of man to
The readiest and surest way to get
id of censure is to be sure to correct
ourselves.
There is nothing so crednlons
j, or so ignorant as of what becomes
if itself.
That action is best that proc
greatest happiness for the great<
ber.
Where a cause is good, an appeal
ihould be directed to the heart rather
an tbe bead.
The whole duty of man is embrac
in the two principles of abstinence
and patience.
certain amount of distrust is
wholesome, bnt not so much of others
of ourselves.
One of the greatest blessings yon can
enjoy is a tender, honest, and enlight
ened conscience.”
-^nr 3uU.'rrtisrracnts.
DR. 0. A. BROOKS,
AMERICUS. GA.
Calls left at Davenport's drug
receive prompt attention. Will be found at
night at tbe residence of Col. S. 11. Haw
kins, corner I<ee and College street*.
All available help is now being ap
plied in the farm in chopping cot
aud tilling tbe soil generally. All
anxioos to work np before tbe grass
gets a start and the ground gets
hard.
At last accounts tbe right of way
for the railroad had all beta procured
except from one ipdividnal, and that
ill likely be this week. Work
tbe grading is rapidly.progressing, and
vingstonis sawing out a mile o:
ties per week.
Schley county is too dry, and has
e railroad and Sanday School fe 1
'» high, for politics, bnt below may
he found the names of those compus
ing the Democratic Executive Com-
ttee: Robt. Patton, A. M. Caskey,
T. Walker, C. L. Peacock, andE.
Baldwin.
while
Porter Springs.
We clip the following from the At-
ota Constitution-.
“We learn that Dr.C. A. Simpson,
L U well-known in this city, has re
cently purchased an interest in the fa-
atering place and summer re
nter Springs, and will imme
diately move there, and in connectioi
itb a hotel for pleasure seekeis, e»
tab’.iih a first-class sanitarium ’with t
* to blending the efficacy of ibt
u. ral wa(er and mountain climati
_.h the most improved methods of
medical treatment. Both the hotel
and yanitariam will bo opened in a
e*. ks and will thereafter open a
illy on tbefiret of April and cloi
ta first of December. The enter
- attended with a rare combinatii
id v intages and we predict emi
front of my ■occeea”
• • -• We have recently seen allnsici
pare to each an enterpj'
l faith
LORILLARD’S ..
MACCOBOY SNUFF.
ELIXIR
MANDRAKE and SUCHU.
Nature's True Remedy for all BilHom bk
easeor Torpidity of the
in ii
ed upon the market in pact ages
'lingours
—jugra
ml always l>
d lithographed tin cans in which itfe pack-
In buying the imltatior
LORILLARD’S OLIMaX
RED TIN-TAG PLUG TOBACCO.
Tee Fines; Sweet Navy Chewing Ta
ba:ce Made.
The Genuine always bears a Red Tin-Tag
with our name thereon.
BEWAUK OF IMITATIONS.
mayTwSm.
liillioiH. Headache, r»ysp«q»-ia,(Jo-Uv*^.
Sour Stomach, Jaundice. Heartburn n,.,,'
oosness, Catarrah of tbe Bladder, Retention
conttnumice of the Urine atul Uw, of
lief and cure of Piles. <><,Ua th * ^
FOR SAiE BY AU DRUGGISTS.
Price «H» Ceuta.
HA.ILE & MOWER,
9< ■Whitehall Street. Atlanta, Georgia
FOB 3A t BV DR. E. J.ElDRIDGE
' ’ "t,ly Americus, Ga.
Dr. James W. Jones,
Noc
cable
a drai
irondack mountains in New York,
but we know of nothing of this kind
tbe South, and we think with the Con-
that it will be a snccess.-
Two-thirds of tbe State of Georgia
than 300 feet above the level of
sea. Draw a line across thi
State from Augasta by Macon to Co
lambns and all South of that line
with bnt little exception, falls far be
low the level of 300 feet, and is wi.hin
the malarial belt. When aillicted with
chronic diseases It is difficult for inva-
o recover in the debilitating cli-
within which the disease have
beeu bred, but uow all such can go to
Porter Springs and have the benefit of
fine mineral water, the mountain cli
mate and tbe best of medical treat-
The Adirondack mountains in
New York are not, with tbe exception
few p»ska, higher than the Blue
Ridge Mountains of our own State and
yet they have a world wide reputation
while onr mountains remain unknown.
According to the highest scientific au
thority in America there are but few
place.- in the United States absolutely
free from malaria and Porter Springs
happens to be one of these favored lo
calities. People living within tbe ma
larial region wonld do well to spend a
month or two at Porter Springs each
summer and get the malarial poison
oat of them. It is singular, but in al
most all cases persons going from a
malarial section with their system fall
of malaria to a place free from_ it, are
iley Coe sty Sunday School
iatiox.—The Rev. E. J. Benti
Sunday School Evangelist, will
fill the following appointments in the
tere6t of Sunday Schools:
Ebenezar, Sunday the I8th
o’clock.
Andrew Chapel, Sunday, the 18th
night.
LaCrosse to meet tbe Bethel and
Connty Line Snnday Schools Monday
night, the 10th.
Fellowship, Tuesday night,the 20th.
Mt. Vernon. Wednesday, 21st, at 11
Concord, Wednesday 21at at night.
Ellaville, Thursday and Thursday
night, tbe 22nd.
AH the Snnday School* of the coun
ty are invited to be present, and take
part in the mass meeting of tbe Schley
County Sanday School Association at
EUaviUe the 22nd. An interesting
programme will be arranged by the
Executive Committee with songs,
speeches, recitations, etc., and a bas
ket dinner for the occasion.
J. A. Parks, President.
B. II. Wilkinson, Secretary.
Politeness.
Politeness is to a men what beanty
o a woman. It creates an instan
taneous impression in his behalf, while
the opposite quality exercises as quick
bly or bind so fast as love can do with
only a single thread.
Repentance withont amendment is
like continually pumping without stop
ping the leak. •
Give work rather than alms to the
poor. The former drives oat indolence,
the latter industry.
It is best to love wisely no doubt;
it to love foolishly is better than uot
lie able to love at all.
Our grand business is, not to see
what lies dimly at a distance, but to
do what lies clearly at hand.
False fears bring on true vexations;
the imaginary grievances of onr livss
more than the real.
It is certain that either wire bearing
ignorant carriage is ctnght, as men
take disease one of another.
Man is not the final judge of the
hnmblest work, be iteveu piling wood.
We, all in all, appeal to heaven.
Tbe wheel of fortune tarns incen-
ntly round, and who can say within
himself, I shall to-day be the upper-
There are many vices which do nol
deprive us of frieuds; there aie man]
es which preveut us from h«vibti
NEURALGIA,
RHEUMATISM,
TOOTHACHE,
HEADACHE,
CATARRH,
AND ALL DISEASES OF AN INFLAM
ATORY NATURE.
Good for Mao and Good for Feast
Sold by E. J. Eldridge, Druggist, nnt
General Agent Americus, Ga.
All Order* Promptly Filled.
IT.
at
Mrs. M. E. Raines.
IS OPENING HER STOCK OF
NEW SPRING
Old Stand on Jackson Street.
She offers her sin<
MAPS AND CHART
rE K Murray & Co.'s
d CHARTS, a
he*e articles '
w of states i
ir own borders a sanita
te an atmosphere with
i mineral water, and in
> skillful a physician.—
such efficaciot
the hande of t
Dr. Simpson
known to the ,
over tbe State and will donbtleas i
oeive a helping hand from them in I
most worthy enterprise. We woo
cordially recommend Pqrter Springs ^
those of onr friends in Darien whs con*
template a trip of daring the “heated-
terra.” It so far surpasses other places
in natoral advantages that it is un
questionably one of the grandest re
sorts in America.—Darien Timber
Gazette.
A number of onr citiaena visit these
Springe every year and they all speak
of them in the most exalted terms. We
take pleasure in recomnfending Porter
Springs to those of onr citiaena who
contemplate a trip during the summe:
months.—F.n. BxrraucAE.
prejudic
„ him. Polished man-
have made hundreds successful,
vhile the best of men with their hard-
iess and coolness, have done themselves
in incalculable injury, the shell being
io rough that the world could not be
lieve there was .a precious kernell with-
llad Ralieh never flung down
his cloak in the mud for the proud
Elizabeth to walkon.hie career though
life would scarcely be worth recording.
~ * have been anccessfnl in
life by pleasing manners alone. It is a
trait of character well worth cnltivat-
g. Never forget the valne of trne
rility.—Ex.
Death of a Printer.
Mr. J. D Sullivan, formerly ofMa-
uui.aug beeu living in Angni
for abont two years, died at bis home
here last night at 8 o'clock, ofconsnmp
here wonld not be much
Open yoor month and purse cautious
ly, and your stock of reputation and
wealth shall, at least in repute, be
great.
What makes many persons discon
tented with their own condition is the
absurd idea they form of the happiness
Wounds and hardships provoke onr
courage, and when our fortunes are at
tbe lowest, our wits and minds are
common at the best.
Believe nothing against another bnt
good authority; nor report what
may hurt another, unlesa it be greater
hurt to another to edheeal it.
By leeiring what is perfectly g<
even when we don’t know what i
not do what we would, w<
part of the divine power against all
Weigh not so much what men asse
as what they prove, remembering thi
troth is simple and naked, and needs
no great invention to apparel her
Mental pleasures never clog. Un
like those of the body,they are increas
ed by repetition, approved of by reflec-
and strengthened by mirth and en
joyment.
Never confide yoor secrets to paper;
it is like throwing a stone in the air,
and if yon know who throws the stone,
you do not know where the stone may
fall.
Affectation is certain deformity; by
forming themselves on fantastic mod-
els the yonng begin by being rtdicn-
lona and end by being vicions.
Every action done to be seen has lost
its freshness in the eyes of God. It ii
like a flower already withered by having
passed through several hands, and has
become scarcely presentable.
Will open her
New Goods,
In the Store with
Mrs. Fred Lewis,
Where she will be ple«tsed to
see her friends after Thursday
3rd inst.
Amebiccs, Ga., April 1st, 1884.
Hex
r, but on account
health had not worked much at
here. He was beloved by all
who knew him, and exhibited all the
Christian gentleman. Mr.
Sullivan was abont 35 years of age and
wife and three children. Hie
remains were sent to Macon by this
irning's train.—Augusta Evening
rs, 9tb.
ing
and indl-cretions of youth,
ness, early decay, loss of manhood, Ac., I
will send you a recelpe that will cure you,
FREE OF CHARGE/ Thi* great remedy
was discovered by a missionary la South
America. Send a sett-addressed envelope
to the Rkt. Joseph T. Ihmam, station D,
New York City. mars-ly.
CLKCTKICITT—Of all the known
Electro-Galranlc Appliances of the present
day It Is now conceded by the Medical Fra
ternity and Electricians generally, that tbe
American Galvanic Oo.'s Howard Sueum
are tbe best, possessing Intrinsic Electrical
merits, as one shield or appliance can be fit
ted to any part of tbe body, wh r ‘
true of any other, bee
Mother coin
i of this paper.—Electkxc
The Railroad Era la Literature.
Messrs. Funk dc Wagnalls, of New
York, have in hand very great under
taking—that of famishing Standard
the best of American anthors, aa Julian
Hawthone, Joaquin Miller, Geo.
Lathrop, Edward Everett Hale, 1
books on which they have to pay heavy
royalty. Think of snoh books aall-
ing for 15 or 25 cents each! No won
der sneb men as 1*. S. Chief Jns’ioe
Waite. Pres. Mark Hopkins, Dr. John
Hall, apeak so enthusiastically of tbe
undertaking. Wendell Phillips, just
before hie death, spoke hia approval '
*ieir li
$25.10 REWARD.
Will be paid for the arrest with proof to
anvlct any person or persons Injuring,
lolestmg or in any maimer interfering
nnder my hand and othcial signature. March
24th. 1884. J. ii. FELDER, Mayor.
Leverlng’s Goff!
The heavy margin you would have
Thornton Wheatley’s
BOOKS. BOOKS.
Having my Stock that was left from the fire in order, and re
plenished with
Cioods,
I AH NOW P££PABED FOR BUSINESS.
Books and Periodicals at Publisher’s Prices.
Best and Cheapest v. riting Paper aud
Envelopes in. Town.
Croquet, Base Balls. Hammocks, Chess and Light
Reading for the Summer Days.
Butterick’s Patterns Given .‘hrat/.
Agnes Aycock.
(W-NEXT DOOR TO THE POST-OFPICE.
IT. MBIT.
ON THREE OR FIVE YEARS TIME.
I.
Dr. Eldridge’a Drag Store.
Alladln Oil and pore Kerosene at
Dr. Eldridge’a Ding Store.
I am now negotiating Loans on improved Farming Land?,
in the Counties of
Sumter,
Schley,
W e baler,
and Lee.
Parties in the above Territory will do well to apply to me
at once, procure money enough to settle all past due papeip, and
commence business on a cash basis. Interest eight per cent,
payable on tbe 15th of November, annually,* Returns quick,
Commissions reasonable.
Office at the PLANTER’S WAREHOUSE, Americas. Ga.
. J. B. FELDER.