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UNKNOWN.
On a Sunday afternoon as
tiered through the beantifnl OakGrove
Cemetery, the ominons tvori “Un
known” upon many a Confederate
soldier’s grave, brought to mind the
war incident recorded below:
The atate of Texas, perhaps, was
more greatly excited upon the politi
cal events of 1861, than any of her
Southern sisters. In the many mili
tary companies formed there during
« H (iat*gVentful period, just proceeding
■ the commencement of hostilities, many
- brine young men, who wanted to join
the Southern army, could not ’
places in the over-crowded ranks,
this clits|.was a physician,who though
in middle me, was an ardent Southron.
He wanted to enlist with the “Lone
Star Defenders,” a company from
C— county, afterward “Co. C.,”
3d Texas Cavalry, of Ben McCulloch’s
brigade. Boom was made for him, or
he either accompanied the company to
the rendezvous in Arkansas, we do
not remember which. Here he receiv
ed the appointment of surgeon of an
Arkansss regiment, which was alter-
wards attached to McNair’s brigade,
ot McCown’s division, and if wc mis
take not, McNair was colonel of the
regiment at tho time of the appoint-
^Vhen Van Dorn brought the Tex
as and Arkansas troops to reinforce
. Beanregard at Corinth, the 3d Texas
and McNair’s Arkansas regiments
wen among the number. McNair’i
Arkansas and Ector’s Texas brigade!
remained together in McGowan’s di
vision for a long period, and our phy
sician, who had considerable literary
taste, wrote and published a V
cal sketch of them, entitled
Camp, the Bivouac and the Battle
field.’* !' He became medical director of
McNair’s brigade, and had the reputa
tion of being one of tbe best surgeons
in the army of Tennessee, That he
wfcVli fine physician, hie large prac
tice at borne, acquiesced under adverse
circumstances, will attest. He passed
through all the campaigns, in which
his command was engaged,
from Corinth to Ikn'.onville,
and when tho war ended be found
himself turned loose with no means
and more than a thousand miles from
• home.
In company with a friend, he star
ed on horseback for his far off Texi
home. Slowly they journeyed
gather. It was in May 1865, that
they arrived within two miles of West
Point, Ga. The country *as full ol
federal troops, paroled Confederates
1 and others, id omne genua. A stop
ping place was hard for both to find
and late one afternoon they separated,
wash to find a place for himself, agree
ing to meet on the Alabama side oi
tbe Chattahoochee on the morrow.
This was the last authentic account
ever had of Dr. W. L. Gamtnage. The
friend staid all night at a farmer’-
house and early next morning proceed
ed across the river, where for hours, he
awaited the doctor’s coming,
not, and to this day he has never been
heard from. The boys all came home,
' those who had followed Harrison, and
Boss, and Granberry, and Hood i
Ector. They came singly and
squads, and the devoted wife, with
tearful eyes, met and asked each one
if they know anything of her missing
husband: but they only knew, that
like themselves, ho had, after the sur
render, started to make his way home
as best he could.
Days grew into weeks, weeks into
months and months into years, yet he
cam* not, and his family settled into
dark despair. Various theories were
advanced. Some said he had perished
in the ever memorable Mobile explo
sion. others that ho had been captured
by some predatory band of Federals
and incarcerated in a Northern prison,
• or he was mnrdered by bushwhackers.
His friends, at last, being unable to
hud any trace of him, sought the help
of the Masonic Fraternity, of which he
was a prominent and honored member.
A thorough search was made by tbe
mystic brotherhood, hut his fate prov
ed to be like onto a staled hook and
nothing was ever heard of him.
For months and months, ths all ab
sorbing topic among tho people of the
town and section from whence he came,
was the fate of Dr, Gammage. His
family, to-day, arc at ignorant of
what became of him as if he had nev
er lived. No doubt he is dead, for if
. living, he long since would haye
municated with his family, to whom
he was devotedly attached. Either
that memorable night when he and his
friend separated or at Mobile, he met
a violent death, and now sleeps in a
grave “unknown.”
: , Plain Question,
i t• Mythical ideas are fanning the pub
lic brow with the breath of prejudice,
ignorance and humouggery. Have
vou the remotest idea that your scrofu
la was created by the use of potash
and mercury? No matter what the
cause, B. B. R. is the peer of all other
.remedies Do you presume that your
talnlng
the possession of
r ' ‘ quickest remedy. Are your chronic
ulcers and boils aud sores the result of
potash and mercury? Medical gentle
men wHinottall you so, hat B. B. B.
is the oaly sovereign remedy. Were
your terrible kidney troubles created
• by mineral poisoning? Not a hit of
ot, bat B. B. B. has proven to be a re
liable remedy. Are your skin diseases,
• your eczema, dry tetter, etc., the effect
. qf too much potash and mercury? The
medical profession are the best j
and they say nay. but B. B. B.
mere pronounced cores than all other
^ preparations combined, jiie-12-lhi.
How a 15 Year Old Struck it
Bleb.
While wandering around New Or
leans, Freddy. Scheuermann,, a. lad of
1 fifteen years of Mobile, -saw Louisiana
■ , State Lottery tickets in show windows.
He said to himself. “I We ho use for
this dollar in my pocket,” and asked
:rt i V..1
Sumter Sheriff Sales for July.
Will bo sold before the Court House door
In the city ot Americas, Sumter county,
Georgia, on the first Tuesday in July next,
' Jtween tbe usual hoars of sale?
A certain lot ot land situated in the city
with all the privileges and appurtenance*
to the tame, belonging and bounded as fol
lows: Commencing at G. W. Glover’s brick
grocery store, running west twenty-seven
feet on the public square, thence north 323
feet to Jefferson street, thence east twenty-
feet, thence sooth to the starting
Levied on under and to be sold as
iperty of II. £, Hart to satisfy a
nr« fi fa in favor of A. It. Altmayer
M. K- Hart, Issuing from
District of Sumter county, con-
e hundred acres more or less,
the Allen White place, now In
.sion of Joe and Josa White, lev
tbe property of Allen White, de-
, _ji the hands ot his Administrator.
J. H. Allen, to satisfy two (2) mortage fl
‘ ’ favor of Harrold, Johnson A Go., vs.
White- Tenants in possession noti-
WCAPITAV. PRIZE, t?3,000.
Ticket* only S3. Share, In proportloi
(Ml
Louisiana State. Lottery Co.
*• We do hereby certify that tee tvperviee tki
arrangement! for all ths Monthly and Semi-At
nual Drawings of The Louisiana State JjOtten
Company, and iii person manage and control thi
Draftings themselves, and that the eons at.
conducted with honesty, fairness, and in foot
faith toward all parties, and we authorise th>
Company to use this certificate, with fat similes
ol our signatures attached, in its advertisements.
In the city of Ameticus, Ga,, bounded
in the south by Wheeler street, on north by
1. G Bell’s store room, west by Gotten
le and east by place now occupied by
ohnson as a dwelling and known as
.... ie Wheeler old place and now occu-
piedby W. F. Hare as a store room and by
... . - Crocker as a dwelling bouse.
the property of G. £ Crocket
by virtue of three County Court “ *"
* * Thompson, Wilson A Go.
of 8. Giabfeldei
— .. E. Crocker and to satisfy said
fi. ta. Property pointed out by plaintiff’
attorney, June 1, 1883.
S. H. WHITE. Sheriff.
Application—Letters of <
Georgia—Somteh County
To all Whom it May Concern,
cas, Mrs. Martha £. Hamit having
... - r petition in my office for Letters ol
Guardianship on the person and propeTl
of John Hamil, minor of John R. Haml
late of said county deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all parties Interested, whether kindred
-realtors, to show *— ‘
July term of said t.
first Monday in July
should nt* *- *-
prayed fi
Witnes
this, the 1st nay of Juno,
be granted t
trdianship
r before the
hand_ and official signatui
SPEER*, Ordinary.
Application—Letters Administi
GEORGIA—Sumter Cock tv.
To all Whom it May Concern.
Whereas, A. A. Wheeler having filed hi.‘
petition in my office for letters of Adminh
tration on the estate of Mrs. J. N. Gobi
late of said connty deceased.
t therefore to cite and admonish
Interested whether kindred
.ay in July next, wbv said
itters should not^be gi anted to said peti-
this, the 1st day of June,
icial signatui
JR*, Ordinary.
Application—Letters Guardianship.
GEORGIA—Sumter County.
it May Concern.
Whereas A. A. Wheeler having filed his
. ;tition in my office for ’ “ "* ”
dianshlp on the pers
Aquilla W„ Nanc; ’
and Lydia Cobb, i
e for Letters of Guar-
petition in n
dianship on — .
AqtiUla^W.^Naney J., Charles
>t sold county dec
. . . j to cite and admonish
ill and singular the kindred and creditors,
file their objection in my .flice on or l>
the July term of Ordinary’s Court 1
_ . eld on the first Monday In July nex
rhy said letters should not be granted 1
Jd applicant as prayed foi
iy hand an
it day ot June.
A. C. SPEER, Ordinary.
Incorporated in 1868 for 23 years by the
Legislature for Educational ana Charitable
purposes—with a capital of f1,000,000—to
which a reserve fund ot over 1530,0"*-"
since been added.
By an overwhelming popular vote it*
franchise was made a part of the present
State Constitution adopted December 2d
A.D., URL
It* Urand Single .Min
rill take place monthly.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY ’
EMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS.
TUESDAY, July 14, 4883—182nd
Monthly Drawing-
CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000.
100,000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each
Fractions, in Fifths in proportion.
list or PRIZES.
1 CAPITAL PRIZE I78.0C0
e only to the office ol the Company ir
• Orleans.
_ . r further Information write clearly, giv
ing full address. POSTAL NOTES Ex
press Money Orders, or New York Ex
change in ordinary letters. Currency by
Express (all sums of $3 and upwards at
our expense) addressed
M. A v DAUPHIN,
or M. A. DAUpSifir"-*-
cor Seventh SI.,Wa,hlnrion, D.t
Make P. O. Money Orders payable and
address Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK.
Jas. Fricker & Bro.
Barlow Block. A-mericus, G
KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A LARGE AND HANIl
SOME ASSORTMENT OF
; P
Pianos and. Organs
Which they sell at prices that defy competition. If you buy *
Piano from this house you have a home guarantee for five year.,
and should anything go wrong in any way with the instrument
you have only to call and report same and it will be corrected, a
Stool and Cover is furnished with each Piano, and a Stool and
Book with each Organ, and the freight is paid you simply buy*
the instrument and everything else is furnished. They sell for
CASH and on the INSTALLMENT PLAN so that every oce
can have a Piano or Organ by making small monthly payment)..
Call and see them at the old stand of
James Fricker & Bro.
BARLOW BLOCK,
jane5tf
AMERIOUS, GEORGIA
T. s. Q-RBEIirE,
CAB HI AGE BUILDER.
Given under my hand and official signs
Schley County Sheriff Sale.
WUI be sold before the courthouse door AVn XXTflflTI'HlV
in the town of Ellavilie, Gn., on the 1st . gM VVJJJSIi
Tuesday in Joly,_ 1883, between the legal
One hundred a
the following property to-wit:
- J acres of west half of lot of
hundred and seventy-nine
rd district of Schley county.
Said land levied on by virtue of aflfa issued
“ >urt of the 91Gth district
in favor of Langston &
... . . Jllson. Levy made and
returned fo me by Daniel Kilcrease, const,
J.F. WOODS, Sheriff.
Application—Letters of Dismiss
GEORGIA—Sumter County.
To all Whom it May Concern,
reas Z. F. Markett having filed his
petition In my office for letters of I”
sion as Guardian of Autry Ry lander.
These are therefore to cite and ad)
all and singular, the kindred and creditors
‘ file their objection in my office on or oe*
re the first Monday in July next, tbe reg-
ar term of said Court of Ordinary, other
ise letters of dismission will be granted as
rayea for.
W itness my hand and official signature
ils, the 1st day of June, 1885.
A. C. SPEER, Ordinary.
30W SUCCESS SUCCEED
HALL’S
E.J.
GRAND
BARBECUE
DRUG STORE
{SPREADS.
UAL, FAIR, HONEST DKAL1N
John E. Hall
HAS BEEN CRAMPED FOR ROOM
LONG TIME AND IS NOW EN LA
G1NG BIS STORE TO JUST DLOU-
RLE ITS FORMER SIZE. THIS
HAS BEEN CAUSED BY
INCREASING TRADE
WHICH DEMANDS
HEAVIER STOCK
And All Sundries!
-ESPECIALLY—
other fancy design, and haqga oi
a corsage. Chain and ball are seen 1
illustration. Sometimes a bow of colored
ribbon k tied to ths ring of the watch and
ornament! the corsage outside. Of this little
chain Tbe Jeweler*’ Circular s»t*:
As it ie susceptible of an Infinite variety of
pattern and material, it is likely to please
for a long time to come. Numbered with
ractive patterns are chains finished with
_ee small fcaOs set with gens, and chains
n which a solitary ball opens in half, dis-
teapot <
__ the* tha
chums inmated with colored gems, t
fancies rathefr than fashions, are enameled
with wttchea similarly decorated. Ladles’
..A plates lately an
fashionable are beta* replaced by picture*
- — itudlee dr tree*, largo panel* of
ibrcidery aadeoen, a gilt baro-
fhe oouldby a ticket. Freddy had
■ been attracted by the ticket in the win-
• doer, and wouldhave no other, where-
: upon the dealer complied with the re
quest, giving, him ticket No. 5,280.
He awaited the drawing, and he was
aware that he was worth |1,20Q. . His _
Gather collected it.—Mobile Register, piece answering the furniture has also
May 22.
meter is pot opposite a clock in dial
The sideboard i* considered a cumbrous piece
of furniture for many diningrooms if only
of middle siae, and instead are aeen antique
dreeeers or small presses in Norman or Breton
style, on which, on shelves, are placed silver
tankards and old drinking Teasels, as also
TWENTY THOUSAND CHIL-
dron saved from disaese and death by
the most wonderful agent, Shrincr’s
Indian Vermifage. It will not deceive
you. jlyl-lw
Mushroom parasols are among the novelties.
They are made of sOk canvas, woven games,
black, white and colored, and covered with
• shirred circle of piece lace, black, white or
colored, with a raffle at the edge to match,
or sometime* with a deep flounce of laoe,
which does duty for both covering and bar-
mat oou oi nair on mo dock oi
hand, dear lady. It in better
nothing and deceives nobody, Ii
• months or less from to-day you na»y
dispense with it If yon are inclined to
< give Parker><ilair Balsam a fab trial.
Cleanes the scalp, restores color, a de
licious dreseiag. Not» dye, not oily,
elegantly perfumed.
. the addition of a ribbon bear and loops and
The Shape of the
Tbe human Ucp should be oval,
ilrir-’nr ths bsiraadthe arrangi
the bonnet trimming abeald be dcoe with re-
odocing this effect. Before buy-
porchasrr must decide
i be worn high or to be
down fa a Oatogyi braid. -
g«dto pro
whrtbsrhw hair is tob
broeghtd. ' “
SEED !
And Planters Goods.
kufacturera, merchants and shippers
tion rates. And while no particular data cr
freight rates are liahte to stimulate unfriendly
legislative interest, especially in the nortb-
•t Gat Faalckjr oa Sheep.
{Rural Raw Yorker.]
i great danger that with low
‘ ‘ * resekm in the
be 9 “panic”
cep and go to
other busmen. Our advice U, don’t
doit. By the time yaw have got well started,
wool will bring a good price, and mutton be
to good demand, and yon will wish yon
all the cnlb; seek to improve
quality and quaatity of wool produced, awl
la the shape of body and tendency to make
mutton. A flock of sheep does much toward
keeping the farm free from noxious weeds.
Tha most intelligent writers end agricul
turists to the south are ceaselessly urging
planters thare to raise Jess cotton and more
stock, and hay, oats, finite and general farm
tnd garden product*. They declare the old
<ystu has passed away, never to retnra,
•ad If the agricultural south would be prae-
me sad independent it most recognise
new order of things. This advice ie
■ as sound for the north as for the sooth,
fed on the farm enriches the lend
there ie in fruits and gar
Tor want of a spoon I must drink it,
Bot’tU easy to p<«r—
llark! who’s that at the door P
And the custard went down ere you’d think it.
With a shriek be sprang up;
To the floor dashed tbe cup,
Then he bowled, tumbled, spluttered and
PICNIC
AS LOW AS ANY HOUSE IN THE
STATE. SOME RARE VARI-
ETIES OF CHOICE SOUTH
ERN GROWN SEEDS ON
HAND THAT CANNOT
All goods in the drug hue are now \
as well as Seeds. Brittle cash will
Till the terrible din
Brought tbe whole household in—
He had swallowed a cupful of mustard!
t is the beginning of winter, my
— in autumn, my third is the end
other words yon can make w
n color and pale rose is a fashionable
small girls and misses with dreasen of any
olor.
White mohair or alpaca, with small red or
blue pompadour figures, are being mad* up
forafteraoonwearattbeseasboreandmoun-
■Plnkish fawn is a lovely and popular color
for tailor made costnmae, and may bo braided
with either gold or silver and a darker fawn
the “fan overdress’' is a favorite style. The
material in front is plaited to tha belt at
"so top, falling to plaits a quarter ofayan*
i w»v8< These are along asm!
IgA Farther down the overdress divides i
others with fringe,
The Sumter County Agricul
tural Society will have a
grand barbecue at Patterson's
School House, two miles east of
Americas, on
Everybody expected to lx
there.* The committees have
made ample arrangements fora
grand jubilee. •
Thankful for the patronage
heretofore extended to him,
would inform the public that he
is fully prepared to do all work
in his line, in the best mpaer, and
at prices a& low the lowest.
Bring me your old Buggies, Wagons, &c., and
I will surprise you at the price they can be pat
in order for. All work! do is fully warranted,
and I won’t go back on anybody
Come and see and b convinced. Shops Cot
ton Avenue, opposite Prince Bros.’ Stables.
T. S. GREENE
BARLOW BLOCK
LAMAR STREET,
AMERICUS, GA,
PURE, NEW AND FRESH
DRUGS ONLY, BEING
DISPENSED,
long way. Call at the
For Rent.
The residence of the late Mrs. N. B. Oli
ver on Church Street. House furnished or
unfurnished, splendid garden and the best
well of water in the elty. Apply to R, L.
Oliver at Wooten * Ford’s store.
For Rent.
The dwelling bouse in the town ol Ella,
ville known as the Greene bouse,containing
four rooms and a passage. A good garden
attached to the place, already planted. A
good well of water on the place. For
terms agtly to -—* •"—
toayltf
Win. ALLEN.
bend six cents for postage,
ad receive free, a costly box
f goods which will help all,
0 HH1VII and receive free,
a pS8.ae^i
■ right away than anything else
n this world. Fortunes await tbe workers
absolutely sore. At once address Tntmf
o o. Augusta, Maine. mar8-ly
CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED.
DAY OB NIGHT.
Brushes, Combs, Per
fumery, Toilet Arti-
ges, Trusses,
.And Everything usually kep
*n u first class'Drug Store:
ATTENTION
We, the undersigned respectfully solid
your consignments of MELONS, FRUITS,
ETC., also POULTRY, and EGGS.(limited
» Jacksonville market only). We pledge
ursehree to handle them at the best mar
ket value, and guarantee prompt return
and reliable quotations. Please give us
trial. Correspondence also invited*
Respectfully Y oars.
Christo ran & Livingston.
Address F.O. Box No 150, Jacksonville,
Fla., also Branch Office, No 1923 (12th St)
N. W. Washington, D. C.
May 23 3m.
r WILL FIT.
ARC STYLISH.
fILL PLEASE YOU.
(Old Indian Cute)
Stands Peerless in the list of BLOOD KEM
KDIES for diseases due to IMPURE
“LOOD. It is an “old, tried” and tree
Made strictly by the“old original" rceipw
without the slightest change.
It is a vegetable preparation, containing
no mercury or other mineral poison.
An excellent tonic and appetiser, emi
nently adapted to troubles peculiar to wo
man. It la an absolutely infallible cure for
every known form of BLOOD DISEASE
Rheumatism,
NO OUILH, INTO FAY.
DICKEY'S
, PAINLESS EYE WITEB
-OEUaETlS AT OHCE. CM
At, w.»k Ejmin > f.vLour*. UimHOFAUI.
Pne*,»5 cats • bettls. JUkforit.
biciwc * AXDSR&OX.rseatakMsM.Tcan.
“Magistrates’ Docket"
For use In Ga. Justice Courts. $1.10 by
man. ‘ Address ROBERT L. RODGERS,
Attorney. Atlanta, Ga.
ASSIGNEE'S SALE*
> ed* t itri« ufc>l .k v
Will be Hold before tire oowrt bouse door
on theTthdayof Jaty wext, between the
legal hours of sale the valuable machinery
of tho «U ssiU, locator near.the S. W. B.
Road, and known as the Americas Oil
Mill.. The machinery consists of pumps,
pipes, platform Males, three ton, wagon
scales, all the pallies, belts, shaftings,
mashers,- hnlleri with «xtr4 knives, * eleva
tors, everything necessary ta » fintdaas
forty horse power Bodly engine eaanpleto.*
This machinery had the capacity ,of using
two-story mm house, forty by sixty feet,
with two sets of teuaopui rockx, Ihree feet
In diameter aada rice mm. Also gin house
forty by sixty feet one story high; all the
most approved and modern UapUments for
cleansing'aiidpackhigcottdbi 'The atten
tion of capitalist is Invited to the eala ol
these very valuable propartiew.
C. M. WHEATLEY, Assignee,
Montgomery Advertiser, Atlanta Oonsti-
tution and Macon Telegraph please copy.
Mayzotds.
Ulccrntod
INDORSED BY PRACTICING
PHYSICIANS.
Pnun, Ga., June WttkMSt.
I have used it long, at first doubting^
ultimately, with Implicit confidence In
remedial virtues. I know whereof
each of 1U component parts. ItUprofounJ-
y alterative, tonic, dteretio. d diaphoretic
and emmenagogue. In a wor ,
o. I. C.iSA^pgCT BLOOO
It purges the liver and all its trlbutsriet
and branches, and is* specific so lnfalli-
ble cure tor all diseases forwhlch It is re
commended by the company^ Itneverlaib
to make a perfect and permanent cure.
The following are fair samples of hun
reds of testimonials we can produce:
EcHXOOJOtkk, Houston Co.,Ga., Junel^
_S84.~I take groat pleasure in ssj lug I used
a half dozen bottles of O. L C. for a severe
case of scrofula of eight years standing,_ and
am fully restored tonsattb. T cheertullj
^ecuiu&end it to aoiteTcn
Omen ovFucnttM Baca., Macon,
—I have known same marvelousMresol
IfftSS
S’SBSSSSU&Z
THE O. 1. C. Cf-
PERRY, - - - 0/
For Sale in AmerknA Ga., by D 4 ’ J *
Eldridge. t
For tale also by Dr. John. I. “
A. AIX F. Davenport.-.
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