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THE DAILY REPUBLICAN.
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a large nnmger of fiends and
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SUMTER REPUBLICAN, on
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op to date at the old price.
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every subscriber will take advantage
of this unparalleled ofler, and we wouH ■
lather have one dollar in caah than five
dollars on out books,as they have turned
out in the past, besides we expect to
add 1,000 new names to onr subscrip
tion lint in the next three months.
The heat is so intense in Hew York
that many are forced to sleep in high
windows and on honse tops, and about
an average of three a night have been
killed by falling from these places.
In another column we publish an ac
count of ,tbe lynching of a negro at
Onthbert. We believe the people of
Cnthbert and Randolph county are as
law abiding as any In the whole State
of Georgia, yet we cannot give onr un
qualified endorsement to Lynch Law.'
We know the provocation is great, and
that the black fiend should he consign
ed to a hades deeper and more burning
than any of which we read; yet
lieve that the laws of the grand old
commonwealth of Georgia stood out
boldly in their majesty and an suffi
cient to visit condign punishment upon
evil-doers, whatever their crimes may
We do not wish to he understood
as condemning unqualifiedly, those who
do not hesitate to protect their wives!
sisters and daughters, at any cost, yet
admire that noble self-abnegation
of the father in this instance, which
prompted him to arise in the midst of
the excited populace and plead for the
majesty of the law. Like him, wa
ding to'the law for protection.
The Albany Medium tolls the fol
lowing cow story: “Four or fire days
ago Mr. H. B. Reynolds, of East
Dougherty, missed one of his best cows,
and after two days March had about
decided that abe would never be found.
Hot liking the idea of losing so valua
ble a milker, on the third day he re
solved to make one more search, and
was snccessfal, tho cow being found
an out-of-the-way place. She had had
'sputement with another cow whose
sad was decorated with a pair of
crumpled horns. lathe conflict the
cow, who did not have any horns, hat
two bumps in their stead, made a fierce
attempt to butt her antagonist’s brains
the circumjacent earth, but
■he didn’t. The blow was struck and
the fight ended. When Mr. Reynolds
discovered them they were standing
with their beads close together, looking
daggers at and cursing each other—
perhaps—while the crumpley horns,
which had been wedged behind the
bumps on the head of the Bisoow, held
them together aa with hands of steel.
It Is evident that they were three dayi
this position, without food ot water,
and both were nearly dead."
The impression obtains with some I ' f Btpnl to 'Wallace.
J»pl» tbit Generil Fitihngb Lee, tbe p„,iaeirt IUoiX of Vh« C<m'.r»l IUU-
Many peoplo will be surprised to
loam that perhaps the largest peach-
grower in the State of Georgia is
.brother of the great Irish patriot, Par-
jptU. Mr. John H. Parnell, of West
‘oint, is his n
Grant’s book may make his family
mmensely wealthy, but when the doc
ora get their pay the Grant fortune
rill look like it mighthave been struck
iy light! ing of the Mount McGregoi
-ariety.
When a suitable monument has been
reeled tt General Robert E. Lee, the
reatest military genina of modem
mes, it irill be time enough for South-
n peopl-i to talk about contributing to
tomb sione for Grant.
A man, who does not drink
ants to know how to cure his red
we. Probably he drinks temper-
ice bitters. More likely, bis stomach
out of order from improper diet.
The Lexington Echo make this state
it which Is news to ns: "Hot many
rmers know that on the middle clem
derueatb a cotton leaf is a small call,
pavity, that oontainss drop of blood
ch can be seen by pressing between
thumb nails."
A fjw yeais since all the cities in the
nightly buried in darkness,
spring, however, a little spot now
then, where an oil lamp or dingy
tern casts it. feeble rays. Gas ior
itiog pnrpof is was discovered less
a a hundred years ago, and natural
ia of a more recent disoovery.
here ia said to be one lawyer in
How be got there is not poei-
ly known, bnt it is conjectured that
■aased himself off for an editor and
pod ia unsuspected. When his
!• was disootered, they searched tbe
of felicity in all their length and
dth tor another lawyer to drew up
tapers for bis ejectment, bnt they
dn't find one, and, of oonras, he
the fort.
pi. I. W. Avery aaya: "One of the
t prominent holiness preachers, of
!gis, said the other dsyv 'Pat
sh doee deserve to he Governor,
Lhopo to be able to vote for bim
[day.* Mr. Walab does deserve
I Governor, and ha will be Gw
•Executive some day. lie has rare
■ties. Mr. Walsh is a broad uaa
«soul of honor and troth, and baa
jjmuine fibre of the statesman.’’
yould walk a hundred miles to
jar Pat Walsh.
o August number of the South-
cultivator has reached this office,
troves to bo an exceptionally good
cr of tbe beat agricultural month-
,the South. Dr. Jones* Tbougth*
i Month are splendid, his answers
’respondents pertinent and vslaa-
Mr. Northern’s editorials and
iare instinctive, and aDthade*
•rgia should regularly read the
ator. Subscribe for it. Ad-
' Southern Cultivator Co^
democratic nominee fin
Virginia, is a son of the late General
Robert E. Lee. He is the nephew of
General E. Lee, and son of Albert
Sidney Lee, who was a naval officer
and brother of Robert E: Lee.
It waa reported in Macon on Tues
day that Hon. Thos. Hardeman would
be appointed postmaster of that city
Mr. Hardeman, besides being one of
the ablest men in the State, intellec
tually, ia a fine business man of great
personal popularity, and his appoint-
it will give satisfaction to his many
friends all over the State.
The Railroad Committees Report.
, . . _ The joint Committee appointed by
rad and Banking Oompiny, h«j ad- th, last Legi.Utnre to invMtigoto the
drened a long, elaborate and powerful
reply to Commissioner Campbell Wal
lace’s recent missive. It is a complete
answer to the Venerable Commissioner,
and establishes conclusively the follow
ing points:
, First. That Major Wallace is ig
norant of the capital account and finan
cial history of the Central railroad.
Second. That the principal upon
The Detroit Free Presa notes that
of tbe twenty-one Presidents or Vice-
Presidents who have become Presi
dents, seven, including Grant, have
died in July—three of them, Adams,
Jefferson and Monrof, on the fourth of
that month, while Garfield was shot
July. Four of them have died in June
thus proving the debilitating effect of
hot weather upon old and feeble per
sona; nearly all of them being over 7C
years of age, one over 90, and three of
them SO yean and over. Polk was the
youngest—54—who died from natural
causes; Lincoln being 56 and Garfield
50 when they were taken off by
which the certificates of indebtedness
were issued is justified by the highest
authority in the land, and yet Major
Wallace entertains a prejudice against
the Central railroad, because the Dirac-
made this issue to represent money
fairly expended ia adding to the pete
manent value of the property, and
there ia no value to his statement when
"If the Directors of a Company earn
The Scientific American says;
good deal has been said through the
papers about the healthtulness of lem-
The latest advice is how to nse
them ao that they will do tbe
good, as follows: Most people know
the benefit of lemonade before* break
fast, but tew know that it is more than
doubled by taking another at night
also. The way to get the better of the
bilious system without bine pills or
quinine is to take the juice of one, two
three lemons as appetite craves,
as much ice water as makes it pleasant
to drink without sugar before going
bed. On the morning, on rising, at
least a half an honr before breakfast,
take the juice of one lemon in a goblet
of water. This will clear tbe system
of hnmor and bile with efficiency, with
out any of the weakening effect* of
calomel or Congress water.
People should not irritate the stom
ach by eating lemon clear; tbe powerful
acid of the juice, which is always most
corrosive, invariably produces inflam
mation afters while, but, properly
diluted, eo that it does not bnrn or
deaw tbe throat, it does its medical
work without harm, and, when the
stomach it clear of food, hae abundant
opportunity to work over tbe system
thoroughly.
Sound Advice.
The girl of sixteen who will neither
sew or do honsework, hae no business
to he decked out in finery and rambling
about in search of fun and frolic unless
her parents are rich, and in that event
she needs the watchful direction of a
good mother none tbe leu. There ii
no objectiox to fun, bnt it ohould be
well choeen and well timed. No woman
or girl who will not work hu tbe right
to share tbe wages of a poor man’s toil.
If she does work, if she makes tbe
clothea abe wears and assists in tbe
household duties, the chances are that
■he will have enough self-respect to be
have herself when play time comes,but
if abe should still be a little "wild”
the honest toil she has done will con
fer upon her some degree of right te
have her own way, ill-judged though
may be. Tbe wild girl usually as
pires to prominence in some social cu
other, and her manners and cor
duct are in a greater or leu degree de
signed to attract the following of
She should remember that followers
are not always admirers, and that the
most sincere admiration a man ever
feels for a woman ia a drawing
when be looks upon her and uys ia
nsdoosneu: "She is a per
fect lady."
During tbe prevnleaoe of "the heat-
i tens" it becomes a matter of im
portance to thou who would keep well
to be temperate in eating and dnnking,
to avoid excessive exertion and to eu
that their premises, as well as their
persons, are keptdsaa and pare. The
great heat of the past week, and which
though now slightly abating, may last
for sometime yet, will necessarily be
felt more seriously if it continues, and
as the system gate more deliberated ud
unstrung. Ia New York, aooordiag to
the reports from that city, the death-
rate is gaining so rapidly that it threfit-
ens to become double what it was dur
ing the samepenod hut year. At this
season of tho year, aad ao long as the
gnat heat lasts, even if not afterwards,
he who is wise will be temperate in all
thlags.
The Democratic party of Virginia
in convention assembled, nominated, aa
their standard-bearer m their coming
gubernatorial contest. General Fitz-
kugh Lee. It was the well defined
wish of the people of that common
wealth long prior to the convention'
assembling that General Lee should «
eeive the honor conferred upon him,
and bis selection simply is tbe voicing
of the people’s will. Virginians now
have the isanea well defined. To them
it is left by their votes to say whether
a man against whose character, honor
and integrity nothing can ?je said, shall
be the ruler of that honored State, or
the man who if bnt tbv pliant tool and
creature of Mahoue, a degenerate
honored airo, shall -assume tbe
reins of government. Starting
without principle to battle foT, with the
promiu of repudiation • of the State
debt aa the only glittering gift for the
votes, Mahone ancl his followers rode
into power and obtained that whieh
their disappointed ambitions craved—
office. Professing fealty to the Demo
cratic party, hut secretly intriguing
with the leaders of the Republican par
ty tor office, the Mahone leaden* sold
their honor, and to-day compose the
Republican pasty of Virginia. Such
being tbe course of Mahon* aad bis
aatelitiu, we believe that there is en
ough power and pride left in that
State honored as she is as the mother
of Presidents, to repudiate the pirati
cal gang now seeking control and su
premacy to tbs political shades to which
they were sent at the last election.
Rheumatism, Goat atari Neural
gia.
It is scientifically settled that rheu
matism, gout and neuralgia cannot be
cured by robbing with oils, ointments,
liniments, lotions, etc.; for the reason
that these diseases are caused by uric
acid in tbe blood. Tbe only prepara
tion which uniformly expels this arid
ia Parker’s Tonic. Subdues pain a
once. Try .
The President's Peculiarities.
Baltimore Herald.
The President’s eye never wanders.
He looks you clearly and honestly in
the face, speaks always frankly and
directly to tbe point if the errand is one
of business, and with a decidedly merry
and genial tact If tbe errand is simply
to pay respect to him- Hit voice is
best described by the expression of "fat
fsi—Sin ** Tt ia inA a -
such a voice as yc
» of _ big, fleshy,
falaetio. 1
always meet ,
bulky bodies. His favorite attitude _
with his bands behind bis back, not
clasped, but tbe palms outward, about
six inches apart, and he unconscious!
keeps up* steady flapping of the lei
band. He looks at his feet a great
deal, and sometimes seems to be sinus-
isg himself by stepping about on the
various figures on the carpet, especially
if the conversation he wearisome, as it
very often is. From 10 until 12J the
President rarely aita down.
The Cost of the Funeral.
Nrw York, August 6.—The fnneral
of Gdperai Grant will cost more than
sufficient to erect over his grave one of
tbe finest memorials that the world has
ever seen. The great expense of a
military parade will have to he either
by the government or the members of
tho various organizations. The ex
pense of the visiting soldiery will have
to be pud by some one. The invited
personages will be provided for in va
rious ways, in fact, so many are the
moans afforded by tbe great faneral
■uch as General Grant’s will he to die-
poee of money that the aggregate out
lay will be nearly $1,000,000.
Except in a half dozen in sol ate in-
aaeee none of the organisations,
whether military or civic, know where
QMijvwhat means they are to here-
Between ordinary rain and thandar
rain, L. Palmieri says, the only differ
ence is the more abundant devalopmaat
of electricity in what has motived the
rating cloud nit U mide/ as a
ndtfcafe. tJmwTM -burnt
Uxbtaiig"ii mtaij . diaratrtona.
of Ante on Mt bt M
To vs. Summon or the Old Filth
Gaomau: Amngemeata have beta
perfected for tlio reunion of the enrri-
TOC, of the “old Fifth 1 * mt Griffin, Gm.,
i the 20th and Slot deye of Anguet.
TtanipotUtion bn been aecnied oa
the Centra], Sonthwaatem and Georgia
xaHrada for the regiment, their fami-
Bma aad friend# at the rata of four oenta
pec m3, forth, monad trip. Hotel me-
eommodntionm hat. also beam
It it eerneetlj deaired that every
member of the regiment, who can posai*
blj da mo, ehonld attend tbe reunion to
renew the comadeehip of camp and
Said aad to perfect an organiaation that
will ha permanent, and n aonrea of
plaaaart and profit to an..
• Thememhera of the Second Georgia
Battalion, Sharp Shoottra and Wadi-
ArtHf'Tare.lotaWDr Uffta, te
attend.
stockholders, the stockholderi
paid in the enhanced valneof theii
property, and consequently
hanced value of their stock,'
For be has refused to allow the L’en-
tial railroad to earn a fair return upon
its legitimate value, because they have
issued certificates to represent it, and
yet he is refusing to permit the Georgia
railroad to earn a fair return upon the
legitimate value of its property, because
the Georgia railroad did nut issue such
representations ot value, bnt relied
K the enhanced value that should
v the increase of property, with
out an increase of capital account, and
the lessees, actiog upon the reasonable
assumption that the property would be
permitted to earn a return up its legit
imate value, leased it upon the basis
of that principle, and are now made to
suffer by au enforcement of unreasona
bly low T
Third. That the rental of leased
lines are reasonable and the leases jn-
dirious.
Fourth. That Maj. Wallace does
not agree with tbe United States Su
preme Court (an authority cited by
himself) in regard to the judiciousness
of the policy par sued by the Central
railroad in managing their expense
Fifth. That tbe increase of assets
is a matter of good management and
foresight in investments, and in no
way affects the question at issue.
Sixth. That the Central railroad
proper, including what is received from
bank and investments, earned curing
the yea! closing August 31,1884, only
1.18 per cent, divided upon its capital,
after paying its legitimate fixed char
ges, yet the property which contributes
to the earnings that make this small
dividend, is worth more than all the
outstanding stocks, bonds and certifi
cates upon it.
Seventh. That the train mileage of
* road is a measurably correct indica
tion of its volume of business* or that
the character of traffic has changed so
as to involve a heavier expense iu con-
dneting It.
Eighth. That there ia no discrepancy
in the information furnished the Com
mission and the reports made to the
stockholders.
Ninth. That the rates charged by
theCentral railroad in 1879 were made
on a perfectly correct principle, and one
endorsed by Major Wallace, and were
not higher than the rates of other
roads, except in a few cases of roads
doing a.much larger business, and
therefore able to work successfully at
lower rates.
Tenth. That the statements made
to you in my letter of December 11th,
1884, in regard to tbe Georgia railroad
are correct.
Eleventh. That the assertion made
by me in the letter before mentioned,
to-wit: That Major Wallace’s "fig
ures and arguments, however, go to
demonstrate that he, as a Commissioner
to execute the law of the State, which
commands just and reasonable rates to
be made, is taking into consideration
as an element in fixing these jnst and
reasonable rates, the property owned
and operated by the company outside
of the State of Georgia, and that he
feels justified in depressing rates
railroad in Georgia to a point that
makes it impossible for it to earn any
thing for its stockholders, because that
company owns property outside af the
State, the profits upon which will
ble it to assnre its solvency," stands
fact, proven by Ma-
conditioa of the railroads of the State,
have made their report. It is compre
hensive and shows a searching inquiry
into the matters pertaining to their tin-
The Committee were aided t in
their work,by. the railroads who pro
vided n special train to transport them
over all tbe roads in the State and fur
nished them every facility for
investigation and intelligent under-
itanding of the condition and needs of
tho roads.
Wo make the following extracts
from the concluding portion of the
report:
We recommend that the law be so
amended aa to let the railroads,which
know better than any one elae the
wants of tho peoplo they serve, —*“
their own rates. If there is ca
dispute either as to just and reasona
ble rates; or unjust discriminations,
then let the commission decide the
dtspnte between the shipper and the
railway manager.
If either party is dissatisfied let
there be a prompt appeal to tbe su
perior court with final appeal to the
supreme court. The particulars of
such legislation can easily be framed
A Lincoln County Magistrate.
INTERESTING anecdotes about hik that
I
How to Ascertain If you Are a
, RECALLED in the neighbor.
HOOD WHERE HR LIVED HALE
A CENTURY AGO.
that the law should not interfere to
make a case, but to decide a case
when it arises. Let thr general law
with adequate penalties fix the du
ties of tho railroads. Let the cause
be heard without expenses to the
citizen or community, and if the de
cision of the commission is adverse to
the railroad, let the attorney general,
or such other law officer as the legis
lature may provide, defend and main
tain the decision or the commission.
Let all the testimony be under oath
and in writing so that the transcript
Thr next Democratic nominee for
Goveraor wRl be * temperance man,
and don’t yon forget it! .Now listen
for the subsidiary liquor press to howl.
—Sparta Ishmaelita.—WR1 you pleas*
flash blood majf come aad pinch
him." Tho peoplo were satisfied, aad
'• - - —— * - - - •- ralil**
«dl« wko. OramAg coutitoU •* d«IJ.-' 'MVrf
tti wMtfwy liqaoc pcesaf Pat op " ^ w '
orahutnpl ^ ~ v *;/
CALCULATE THE
ment to expend 25 cento for a bottle of
Shriner’o Indian Vermifuge to relieve
the little sufferer.
Eulogy Run Mad.
Parson Newman, in his preachment
enlogy on Grant at Mt. McGregor the
other day, is reported as using this
traordinary language:
"Cyras waa distinguished for mod
eration and courage; Aristides for jus
tice; Leonidas for unselfish patriotism;
Regnlns for honor; Marcus Aurelius
for piety and generosity; Peter the
Great for pride of country, and Frede
rick of Prussia for military prowess;
bnt this foremost American possessed
all these and other virtues in happy
combination, not like single gems,
brilliant by isolation, hut like jewels
in a crown of glory, united by the gol
den band of a complete character."
This is enlogy ran mad.
“Young Mon, Go South."
Thus speaks the Philadelphia Timet
—"Yonng man, go South." And to
this most wise advice it adds, sensibly:
"The comparative convenience of all
the near Southern States to the mar
kets of the Eastern and Middle States
ought to count for a great deal in the
making up of a yonng man’s mind as
to where he shall settle.. Then, too, it
costs so.much less to reach the unde
veloped 'regions of the older States than
to go to the new West that the tide 6f
immigration is sore to have a decided
SouthwaK low sooner or later. There
is room and need for a good many
yonng men id too near South."
Everybody knows who is the "print
er** devil,*’ hut there are few . who know
how he came to he so dubbed. Print
ing um to W called theBlfck, Art,
and the hoys who assisted the pressman
wer called tho imps. According to the
legend, Aldus Manijitms, a printer of
Veriice, took a little negro hoy, left be
hind by a mashast vessel, to, assist
him in his business. It soon got wind
that Aldus ’ was assisted by a little
hlaelc imp, and to dispel the ramor, he
■bowed the boy to the aasembjed crowd,
and said, "Be it known to Venire, that
LiAUfll Marmtinm 1 imiitMtn (Vi.
I, I Aldus Manntins, printer,tothe Holy
Church and the Doge, , have" this day
sisw&fcr
public e
islation is adopted, the duties of tbe
commission will be far less onerous,
and their judgments more conserva
tive and judicial; and,further, that in
a very brief period, all questions be
tween shippers or communities and
the railroads will adjust themselves
upon commercial principles and the
commission have as little to do as the
English or Massachusetts commis
sioners, so far as disputes are
cerned.
We farther declare as our firm
viction, derived from many sour ce»
of inquiry and information that tho
enormous powers claimed by the
Georgia railroad commission will
prevent the investment of capital in
railroad construction in Georgia to
any great extent. We have in mind
projected railway connections which
await the conservative action of this
general assembly in amending the
law, but which will never be carried
out unless some adequate protection
to investments is secured.
We respectfully urge that encour
agement bo given to existing rail
roads to build laternal branches and
thus extend to counties without rail
way facilities all the advantages and
accruing prosperity of commercial
connections. Under tho present t "
ministration of the law, when
branch line is owned or operated by
one of the larger corporations it is
treated as a part of the main line,
and in order to keep up such branches,
if constructed, the railroad corpora
tion would be compelled to support
the branch road instead of having it
a self supporting feeder. Such rates
should be allowed branch roads built
especially for the benefit of localities
as would at least make them self sup
porting. We are assured by railway
managers that they are ready, upon
any reasonable security for protec
tion against loss, to aid tbe various
localities in obtaining every possible
facility. We call attention to the
feet that the law itself seems to put
tho ban of outlawry upon railways.
It forbids a railroad commissioner
from owning a sharo of stock in any
railroad, and yet it permits him to
be Interested In any enterprise which
can be fostered directly or Indirect-
ly. by putting ruinous rates upon the
railroads.
These suggestions and recommenda
tions strike us as being eminently just
and right, as tho Republican has be
fore declared. It has never been tbe
intention of the Legislature or the peo
ple to oppose the railroads, but .merely
to correct tbe evils growing o
them. Now that the law adopted for
the purpose intended ia proven to go
farther than that intention and to
work to the inquiry of those vast in
terest, the Legislature should prompt
ly afford the needed relief.
Savannah JVews: In Lincoln county
many years ago there waa a tittle vil
lage by the name of Wrightaboro,
named for Sir James Wright, Colonial
Governor of Georgia. The village had
a Justice of the Pi-ace by the name of
Wright who waa an autocrat in his
way. He bad a great contempt for
young lawyers, whom he called
"squirts,” for he wanted them to un
derstand that they could not teach him
law.
On one occasion a merchant employ-
i a young lawyer, and he had to ap
pear before Justice Wright. The law-
ywmade his argument, and Justice
Wright, after the jury, "charged them
to go out end find for the defendant,
as he had."
Tbe lawyer remonstrated with him
for his arbitrary charge, when he said:
“ , you need not make such
fuss about your account, I kill notes i
my oourt sometimes as dead as .
BROTHER JUSTICE.
I neighboring jus
tice having sued Justice Wright, be
went with the constable to see tbe writ
eerved,whereupon Wright whipped the
plaintiff, justice and the constable.
The two departed and walked about
• mile without laying sword, when
the constable said to the justice:
"Squire Wright is rather snappish
this morning.’’
On another occasion a horse was
levied on and claimed in 'Squire
Wright’s court, when he decided that
the execution had no lien oqit,’“because
the horse was older than the execution.
CANNOT YOROIVE.
On another occasion a kinsman of
Justice Wright had a law suit with
him, but he hated him so bitterly that
he could not forgive him. Coming
der a "conviction" at camp meeting,
he could not "get through” or become
converted, a preacher told him, as
penitent, he must love God more than
the world and forgive all his enemies,
The penitent thought over the matter,
He called upon the minister and said,
"Mr. Adams, I have made up my
mind to go to h—11, for I cannot for
give Zeke Wright nor love God better
than Sally Horton.”
OOOD WARRANT.
Judge Garnett Andrews, when
young lawyer, had a case before Jus
tice Wright, and knowing his charac
ter, tails this story on himself; ‘
opened tbe case by stating that tbe
warrant had been issued by the learned
Justice Wright, whose known accnra-
cy forbade that any exception shonld
be taken to it.”
Jnstice Wright struck the table with
his clenched fiat and said, "I prtnonnee
this a bonum fiddle good warrant
by—."
Judge Andrews, in tbe same case,:
arguing before Justice Wright, read
decision from tbe Court of King’*
"What court was that you read
from, "Squire Andrews ?"
“I read a decision made by the Court
of King’s Bencb, tbe highest
known to criminal jurisprudence,
the Judge.
not prudence to read it to this
court. Kind’s Bench Court! I Should
like to know what we font for if we are
to have King’s law books; and what
the Georgia justice was made for if it
ain't the law in Wrightaboro !** bring
ing down his fist on the Georgia jus
tice,
Justice Wright has been in his grave
over fifty years.
Jadge VV. H. Underwood, tbe great
wit of his day, in defending aclienl
sued in Franklin Court by one Majoi
Payne, of Elbert, warned the jury as
Do not suppose because the plaintiff
is called ‘Major’ Payne he is entitled
to any consideration on that account,
for I will inform yon that in tbe mili
tary county of Elbert no man is bora
lower than a Major."
Remorse of a Murderer.
From the New York Herald.
Louisville, Kv„ Aug. 0.—Frederick
Rhoman ia dying at the City Hospital.
Fim years ago John Morton, the most
notorious, but withal the most popular
C bler in the South, was shot at his
bank, No. 73 Fifth street, in this
city. Frederick Rhoman was the mur
derer. He went to the gambling house
early in the night, mad from the losses
he had previously sustained, and ii
ted Morton into a private room o<
looking Fifth street.
"Morton,” he said, I have come here
to kill you." And with these words
he shot the gambler through the heart
and then threw the corpse oat of the
window. He was held for the crime
and sentenced to two years in the State
prison.
In due time he was released, but the
dark crime hat never ceased to haunt
him. He tried hard drinking, but
found no solace in the intoxicating cup.
No matter where ho went or what be
did the face of the dead gambler was
before him. A month ago he ran crazy-
through the streets crying: "Take
him away, take him away,’-’ and was
held all night in a police station.
Yesterday he sought mental relief In
another way, and shot himself twice
through tho vitals at his home ‘
West End.
day in the
earnest gaze still haunts himT
Morton was a member of one of the
proudest sod richest families in the
city, and his^ faneral was a notably
While the. thermometer was burst
ing through its limits at-noon, on
Tuesday, July 14th, down South, in
New Orleans, La., Gen’ls G. T. Beau-
regard of La., aad Jnhal A. Early of
Va., (aa is their usual cuatom J super
vised in pmaon and conducted by them
selves the i82d Grand Monthly Draw
ing of The Louisian* State Lottery,
and scattered all over the world $265,-
500 thus: No. 8,999 drew the First
Prize of $75,000. It waa sold in fifths
at $1 each, held, one by C.L. Homer
ofBrookston, Texas; one by J. T.
Wales of Bridgeport, Conn.; one by
S. M. Simpson, 272 16th St., Denver,
Col., collected through First National
Bank of Denver; one to F. H. Ecken-
roth, 321 Montgomery St. San Fran
cisco, Cal., collected through First
National Bank of San Francisco. Tho
Second Prize of $25,000, drawn by
No. 48,954, also sold in fifths—one
was held by J. D. Jinks, Brookland,
Ark., collected through the German
National Bank of Memphis, Tenn.;
one by J. Cameron of Wichita Falls,
Texas, collected through the Exchange
Bank of Dallas, Texas; another collect
ed through the Bowery National Bank
of New York. The Third Prize of
$10,000, drawn by No. 12,580 told
fifths; two of them were collected
through Messrs. Britton & Ivountz,
Bankers, Natchez, Mias.; the balance
went hither and yon. No. 71,650 and
95,149 drew the Fourth two Prizes of
$6,000, each sold in fifths, to parties
Philadelphia, Pa., Atlanta, Ga., North
Vernon, Ind., Harrodsfcurg, Ky., Louis
ville, Ky., and Waco, Texas, etc. The
Generals, the commissioners of The
La. S. L., to superintend all the
Newspaper in Webster.
A weak or ten days since Messrs.
Branscomb A Tison took charge of the
defunct SmithvDle Enterprise and re
sumed its publication, with the former
as editor. After a brilliant career of
one issue EditorBraasooah stops down
from the editorial tripod and retire* to
tbe quiet of his father’s home in Ala
bama forest frees his arduous lobovs.
—Strum Republican. This leaves
Mri Tison in sole charge of the materi
al, and wa learn that ha will soon re
move it to Preston and begin the pub
lication of a "long felt need.’’—Daw-
aon Journal.
WHAT DELICATE CHILD IB
that? ’ It is being devoured by worms.
Tell its mother that one bottle of Bhri-
ner’a Indian Vermifuge will restore it
to health.
Littcll’s Living Age,
The numbers of The Living Age for
August 1st and 8th contain Sir Wil
liam Napier, National; Mr. J. R. Low
ell, and Local Government and Ireland,
Fortnightly; Modern Catholics and
Scientific Freedom, Nineteenth Centu
ry; From Montevideo to Paraguary,
and A Walking Tour in the Landes,
Macmillan; An Afghan Jailer, Leistue
Honr; A Paris Saberb, All the Year
Round; The March of the White Man
The Biblical Brotherhood, The Musi
cal Pitch Question, and Leo XIH,
Ultramontane, Spectator; The Mesa-
of Fidget, and The International
Sanitary Conference at Rome, Nature;
with instalments of “A Honse Divided
Against Itself," "Mrs. Dymond" and
"Fortune's Wheel” and poetry.
For fifty-two numbers of sixty-four
large pages each (or more than 3,300
year) the aabscription price
($8) is low; while for $10.50 the pub
lishers offer to send any one of the
American $4.00 monthlies or weeklies
with The Living Age for a year, both
postpaid. Littell & Co., Boston
the publishers.
Tbe State Fair in Macon,
The committee of the State Agri
cultural Association, have decided upon
holding the fair in October, commenc
ing Monday, the 26th. There i* every
reason to believe that the fair of 1885
will be a Urge and successful one.
The cheering reports from the crops
trom every oonnty in the State index
a larger yield of cotton, com and other
crops than of any year since the war.
This ia itself warrants a fall atten
dance of farmers and their families.
Crops have the tallest bearing upon
every department of trade, and bnng
about a jingle of money in everybody’
—*k*t.
As to the attractions at tbe ooming
fair, the committee will spare neither
pains nor expense to eongregate on the
beautiful grounds of Central City
Park everything that can go toward
making up a display that will be re
garded as the best ever mad* by the
society. In addition to foil displays
of field crops, stock, etc., many manu
facturers recognizing the mod crop
year and its consequent era of prosperi
ty, will make elaborate exhibitions of
ware* and manufactures, all going
make up attractions that, with the „
rious amusements, will insure e suc-
* il fair.
Advtoe to
monthly grand drawings, will repeat
this performance at noon, on Tuesday,
September 8, the 184th Grand Month
ly Drawing, and any information wi"
be given on application, to M. A. Dau
phin, New Orleans, La. Now you
learn for yourself how yon ate favored
by Fortune. Are you not a Mascot?
Our Turn Must Come.
“Generation after generation," says
a fine writer, "ha’
and their lives v
own. They passed like a vapor, while
nature wore the Bame aspect of beauty
as when her Creator commanded her to
be. The heavens shall be bright i
our graves as they now are around
paths. The world will have the same
attractions for onr offspring yet unborn,
that she had once for ns as children.
Yet a little while, and all will have
happened. The throbbing heart will
be satisfied, and we shall be at rest.
Onr faneral will find its way, and pray
ers will be said, and then we shall be
left alone in silence and darkness for
the worms. And it may be for a short
time we shall be spoken of, bnt the
things of life will creep in, and
names will soon be forgotten. Days
will continue to move on, and laughter
and song will be heard
which we died; and the eye that mourn
ed for ns will be dried, and glisten
again with joy; even dur children will
cease to think of ns, and will
member to lisp our names."
Grant:
When Gen. ; Grant remains were
placed in the coffin Wednesday after
noon, Col. Fred Grant pat a packet ‘
the breast-pocket of the coat. It n<
transpires that it was a letter written
by Mrs. Grant. It acknowledged the
farewell letter of the General found in
his coat pocket after death, and added
a farewell until both ahonli meet in
a better world.
DOTS FROM SCHLEY.
Campmeeting will begin at Buck
Creek next Saturday. The tent hold
ers will be lew and we feel assured that
while there will not be as many
ground as of former years, that the
meeting will be aa interesting.
Many are nearly scared out of their
wits about the catterpillars; but in the
counties south of us where they made
their appearance nearly two months
ago they have net done much damage
yet. "Dout cross tbe river before yon
get to it.’’
Dr. L. D. Singletary, who
1 in, and was a citizen of Schley
connty until his removal to Texas,
■boat eight or ten years ago, died at
his home in Ledbetter, Texas, on July
13th. As a physician he was
cess, and as a writer he gained much
prominence, though his efforts
few. His many friends of his boyhood
trill he pained to learn af his death.
Sudden Deatli of an Estimable
Lady,
Butler, August 11.—Our people
were shocked when hearing that Mrs.
John R. Respess had been found dead
in her bed early this morning. She
tired last night in splendid health,
is evident that she died of heart dis
ease. She was Jruly a good woman;
has dispensed charity with a liberal
hand for many years, and was a friend
to the poor. She leaves a husband,
Elder John R. Respess. several daugh
ters, and two sous. The whole com
munity loved her, and her loss will be
sadly felt by many. Her remains will
be interred in the Baptist cemetery
here to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock.
—Telegraph and Metsenger.
Mrs. Respess was well-known
throughout Schley, having been a citi
zen of the county prior to her removal
to Bntler about eight or ten years ago,
and her death will be read with sorrow
by many.
» Fart.—Clilllarine, though it has on-
- — »— is gelling fast, and
if action. Miller
Ticket* *«ly as. share*
A Curious Shower.
f€ll from a clear sky.
Mankato, Minn., Ang. 7.—A
ous shower occurred hero Monday at
5 p. m. The weather waa never finer
and the sky waa without a clond at
the time. Officer George E. Blake and
A. H. Allen were standing on a street
corner, when suddenly a fresh water
clam fell at their feet with great force.
Thinking that it waa thrown at them
they paid no attention to it, and a sec
ond later six more fell perpendicularly,
dropping about ten feet from them.
Upon looking into the air thay could
see, hnndreds of feet shove, about as
many mere on their way to the earth,
and in a second more these.too,dropped
to the ground. The clams fell with
great velocity, and the shells were
broken to pieces when picked up by
bystanders, who soon gathered aronnd.
The clams were alive and measured
about 4 inches indength. This "clam
shower” waa also witnessed by a man
named Chandler, who corroborates the
statements of Black and Allen, and
leaves no doubt of the truth of their
statements. All of the parties witness
ing shower of these clams are trust
worthy men.
Testimony of Judge C. F, Lynch,
I was a sufferer for twenty years
with tetter, it covered my entire per
son. .It was exceedingly painful and
annoying. I tried every known reme
dy within reach, bnt to no permanent
K it. My health became wrecked.
doctor coaid help me, bnt coaid
not care me, and under the old time
treatment the disease continued to grow
worse and the itching became almost
unbearable. I read a statement of Mr.
Lewis Lee as to what Swift’s Specific
had done for him in a case of tetter,
and I concluded that it might help me.
I commenced its use; the sores have all
dried np, and the skin of my body haa
smoothed off, and I am in bettor health
than I aver waa, and there ia not a ves-
toge of the disease left, save a few
splotches on one of my hands, and they
ere rapidly disappearing. Swift’s Spe
cific is the greatest medicine in the
world. It haa brought me relief after
twenty years of suffering. It is the
best blood purifier I have ever used,
and I most cheerfully commend it to
the suffering.
O. F. Lynch.
Dawson, Ga., May 22,1885,
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
The Swift Sircinc Gokpaxy.
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
N. Y., 157 W. 23d St.
C®S
Louisiana State Lottery Co.
klr.b, ctrti/y „« ,
*rfMiffmtnU/or mil Ike Memthlm mnd Sen! *
<M l» ]nrt*n nanagt and control tii
Drawings Iht&itlta, and that the sant J
tombteud with konstty, fairntu, and m
faith toward all parties, and we oailorii, lAe
■" ‘ this entifuate, with /actimilet
its adrertUewenU.'
ELLAVILLE HIGH SCHOOL-
Fall term opens August 17tb, 1885. BaU
rt taitton, *1.50. |2.00 and #1.50. Musi
Situation delightful, board very cheap.
G. B. WEAVJSB, Principal.
Company to a
»fa*r signature* at
y&zje}
"s by the
Incorporated iu 1868 for 25 y _
Legislature for Educational and Charitable
purpose*—with a capital of ?i,ooo,ooo-to
which a reserve fond of over |550,ooo hat
since been added.
overwhelming popular vote
. SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY ’
WIN A FORTUNE. EIGHTH GRAN U
DBA WING, CLASS I, IN THE ACAD-
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TUESDAY, September S, lhSS—IMtl,
Monthly Drawing.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000.
100.000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each
Fractions, in Fifths In proportion.
LIST 0» PHIZES. 9
1 CAPITAL PBIZE .*. J75.0CO
1967 Prizes, amounting to. - f265,500
Application lor rates to clubs should be
made only to the ofiice of the Company iu
New Orleans.
For 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 ?5 and upwards at
our expense) addressed
M. A. DAUPHIN,
Wanted.
A position as teacher by a young lady
■ graduate of the Wesleyan Female College
The best ot references given and required
Apply at this office- augstf
ID PARTIES OF Ti OR MORE.
WISHING TO GO TO ANDER-
SONVILLE
I will sell round trip tickets good for on 7
day at 45c. each. Children 25c. each
Trains leave 529 a. m. and 2:38
leg 1-34 and 10:29 p- m.
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Agent.
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ed will bn immediately remitted.
Omen—Lamr~ “—*"—*
Bank Building.
Thousands Say
writes: "I never hesitate torecom.
mend your Electric Bitters to my cus
tomers, they give entire satiafertion
and aro rapid Bellere." Electnc Bit
ters are the purest and beet medicine
known and will positively care Kid
ney and Liver cosnptalnta. Purify
the blood and rerolate the bowels.
“ * “ can aftml to be without
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GIN BEPAIBEB,
gins repaired and put ln first-class order
„ FOTTTZ'S
HORSE AMD CATTLE POWDERS
INSURE WITH
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Established:: (797.
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Make ?• 0- Money Orders payable
and address Begistered Letters to
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OR
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Smithville Barber Shop.
SMITHVILLE, GA.
bmitliville has one of the best barbers in
Southwest Georgia. Everything in first-
clan order, sharp razors, clean towels, and
the politest attention. Call and see me.
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OliY
Cotton Ave.
YOU WILL
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