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WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.)
C. W. HANCOCK, I Washington, D. C. Aug. 22, *85.
ttoriosa jk.TTD rnopaanon | It is said at the Post office depart-
r- ■ ■ meat that appointment of the metsen-
ckokoi*. g „ boT , ti( . MW IpK ui letter de-
I livery system, about which some ques-
| lion has been raised, will he made by
1 the towns, with the
DARKEST HOURS OVER.
REPORTS or TH* COJI1SO HARVESTS Ol
Tmt SOUTH—THE FINESTIN TEARS—
WHAT THE TRADE CENTERS
AND MANUFACTURING
TOWRS RETORT.
TMdtT, August 28, 1885,
I the postmasters
Tho Oldest Paper in Southwest Georgia I approval of the p©i tmaater General.
ESTABLISHED IN 1854. The roles regulating this service, which
he principal papvf'n Sumter, Schley, Web-1 were recently issued by t]f Poatmaa-
stcr and Lee Counties. I ^ General, state that the boys are to
official Orean of City of Americu*. I be appointed by the postmasters, and
All Official notice* •* SlliSnn** I IJ * t8 tT ® to ** 40 the <kp*rtment.
* * I The Acting Postmaster General, Col-
lonel Stevenson, has written
I American District Messenger Co., in
fpsag-gj^aiawsaas Philadelphia, declining tbeir offer
1 furnish hoys for this purpose for the
THE FIRST NUMBER ^ears are expressed lest the Swatara.
* 1 ' which is to bring a cargo of silver dol
lars from New Orleans to this city,
may be overhauled by pirates and dt-
n r nil D I . p aai I spoiled of her treasure. But such
DULY RtPUbUhftn alarms aro idle, for it is donbtful if
1 even a pirate would take the cartwheel
WILL. APPEAR— I dollar unless it was forcibly dumped on
the deck of bis rakish craft and he was
—OF THE—
On Tuesday. 1st of
A large extra edi-
[The following dispatches about
Southern crops, supplemented by mail
and note* from exchanges receiv
ed leave no donbt that the trade out
look is encouraging notwithstanding
the timidity of money up North and
the dullness of cotton manufacturers
North and South.]
Baltimore; August 19.—The Balti
more Msaufscturers’ Record will pub
lish to-morrow nearly five pages of
•pedal reports covering the whole Sooth
from Virginia to Texas, showing that
the prospects for crops and the outlook
for business in that section an
markably good. Not only is the
of cotton, corn and tobacco crops
largest on reoord, but the reports
sre almost unanimous in stating that
the yield of these crops as well as ol
the smaller crops, excepting wheat,will
greatly exceed the bet* crops ever be
fore produced. It is also shown that
crops have been made at lower cost
than in any preceding year and liens
on crop * for money advanced to farm-
much leu than heretofore.
ROE SOUTH CAROLINA
s contract in existence be
i the Treasury department and
I Adams Express company, made doling
tion will be distributed Secretary Shenuen-. term, by which
J the department agrees to employ that
throughout this section. company as its exclusive agent for the
This will be au excellent
opportunity for adver- ton and the reverie. It is stated that
fc ~ , . - the Adams Express company hold that
tisers to reach the trade i the project tocarry $5,600,000 from
of Sumter and adjoining »«orie... ro w-u^o. « ft.
I Swarta is a violation of this contract
counties. Rates can be | | and that they will probably bring
against Treasurer Jordan. Thus far,
I however, Mr. Jordan hu not been i
I tided of any snit. The position
I that the contract gives the Adams Ex
I press company preference over sll oth-
r companies, bnt doee not preclude tbe
r t We hive determined, from this .let.. I government's Imneporting it. owe
tJJf . . , , , t ^ e I money in government vessels. More-
'' is thought that the contract
,had on application.
Reduction in Price of tbe Week
ly Sumter Republican,
to reduce the subscription pnee t
Georgia’s Judge* and Lawyer^ I CHARLESTON WRECKED.
_ j THE LOSS ESTIMATED AT OVKU $1,000,-
Judge Jmmes Thomas wu at one l 000—sulliyax’s island alio suf-
time Judge of the Northern circuit, and nau-mx storm extend.
wlom fcnn. wm in Hnnoonk coanty, ,„ I1MTOl n
wu a planter of large means. The
Judge, like most , other men, had his
hobby, end he took op with the idee of I Cll|uml| g g Ang „ rt 25 —
Betmndn gross sees* crop WnftroU-1 oinHretan wu .truth by > cyclone
in grain „irorre.i«» ... . „.
tag, though it wu growing ill orer the I ltij ud OM .f onr th of the
country, end firmer, were data* their hanKa iB ^ ci ty in nnroofed. Peru
beat to keep it ont of their uelde. oftheepiree ofSt. Michael', end S.
h " d .? f «*“ ‘hu Dt. M ^hi'.church... were blown down
Roht.Mirtm told Mr. Prttigreedroro „ 4llle lpi „ o(lt , Ciudel Sqn.ni
•ome of tho Georgia plenure to b—11. a. ^ .hutch demoliahed. Wherve.
Judge Thome. bed i dtOerent idol „„ hon „, b ^ly demeged.
He planted n field of it: At Sulliran-. I.laod two .turner.
It uheppeo^ that. pUnler from.nI „ d , nd tl , Mff Aih ,
edjo.n.i.g county who wu doing to JJjj oow coMtnmtia,. i, _
b«t to kill Bennnd. grua. paaud by * Fo „ veeeel, which arrirad
Judge T'a plantation, and ...ing ft. k „ WMek<d The telegraph
OFFICIAL
Show that while tha* State will pro
duce about 4*000,000 bushels more
and probably over 300,000 bales
of cotton more than last year, the ag
gregate amoent of agricnltnral leans
given to obtain advances on growing
'Bring some of that here '
■aid the planter, and looking at i
said, “Who is your master ?“
t r 1U»C1,11 in tuuu^ui tun. wumuvi
Weekly Sumter Republican to . .*> I m ;gbt b e open to objections upon the
V year, to all persons who psy cash I g roan j that it is against public policy,
down for tbeir subscriptions. This I President Cleveland, in bis purpose
role ia poaitive and will he atrictly en-1 to keep the public good in hi. eye,
I manages to run against a large assort-
forced. The $1.50 mu.t accompany I ment q{ priyato interert «. T he ocean
thS'name to enjoy the benefit of the I 8teamB jjjp companies cannot have their
redaction. I subsidy; the cattle barons must get ont
Tlioao parties who are in meats can I of tho Indian lande. and mnit pull
obtain tho W..KUV Itounucs. for .he down their fence.; the land groat mil-
| roads must not impose on settlers; po-
„ obtain advances _
crops is $3,000,000 less than in 1882,
notwithstanding the fact that interven-
ing years of 1883 and 1884 were unfa
vorable crop years.
OCR OWN STATE.
In Georgia the agricultural depart
ment estimates the corn crop at 40,-
000,000 bushels against 31,000,000
bushels last year, and 24,600,000
bushels in 1883. Regarding corn, re
ports from the whole Srnth are of the
most flattering character, some stating
that the yield will be the best for
years, others the best for twenty years,
and many the best ever known.
the south’s outlook.
It is thought by the United States
Commissioner of Agricnltnra that the
increased acreage in corn over last year,
and the splendid yield, which is now
assured, will giro the South not less
than fifty million bushels of com more
than last year. The cotton crop, it is
believed, is safe for the largest yield
evez made, and for at least one million
to one million five hundred thousand
bales more than last year. On tobacco,
fruit and vegetables the crops are the
largest ever made in the South, while
nee promises a splendid yield, and su
gar a far more satisfactory and profita
ble crop than in 1884. Stimulated by
unprecedented crops .business is already
showing a decided improvement, and
aogroo. planting aomething eowi no.. ^ „• do „ n „ d tle „
imagine whet it wee. Hie cunoeity l . The u M Um,ted it
took him out of hi. boggy to look at ^ ^ The „ otk 0 f , tItor ,tion
the field, and. calling n negro to him, >gd k „ , lre , dj begun,
naked him what he wia planting. Solum*-. Iilimi., Aogu.t 25.—
'Bermuda gress, said the negro. Jxhe hurricane last night and this
'Bermuda what. naked the planter, I morn j n g w „ terrific end deatrnctiro.
for lie thought be must hare mnomler-1 A nn ^ber ofhoneea on Hnlliv.n'a
etood the negro. Ialand were blown away. The New
Bermuda gr...,” ..id the negro | Bri(! bton Hotel had
guests and great fear* were enter
tained for tbeir safety. About 9 this
., .... , A - , morning the storm reached its greatest
,id, “Who is yoor master . I velocity. At that hour, while the hotel
“Judge Jam.. Thom... anaweted L^p,, were „ breakta.l, the Cuiio
the negro. I fell with a great crash. Fortunately
“®°y» “ ,B not I all the rooms in that building had been
your master a d—n fool . I but there were grave appre-
irn^^i'^-jeL I . f I heniions that the dinning room and
Well, he is, said the planter, for I ma j B building would soon succumb to
I am doing my best to kill it. and b« ’■ tha violence of the stonn. Brave men
actually pUnting it. He must be a wenj bUnched with fear and their
d-n fool” and getting into his buggy b earti almost caused to pulsate,
muet bare thought what strange creat. fMrfalwMlhe appreheng £ n that the
we mortals be. | and children were doomed to in
stant death. The ladies behaved with
a heroism that was really grand and
goat, had >. •> lor awn « tn. I <oblime Not a murmur Mptd their
Gospel, eapecially did he dt.lik. Meth- B Th ( . ck1 lk , j, nger Juh anch
odt.t mini.teta. Perhapa thetr tea] fo ^ Und , , tu , c b,i leDg , the admit.-
DOTS FROM SCHLEY.
t seems thst the more mail changes
that are made on the Ellaville end Bue
na Vista ronte, the worse it gets.
Each office is furnished with a mail
sack; hut they do not deliver any mail
while going east, nor do they carry off
any while going west. Tbe old boggy
business beats this.
The entire community mourn the
death of Uncle “Fed" Greene, a notice
of which appears in another place. He
was never known to speak disrespect
ful of any one. If he could not speak
a good word, he kept silent. What
great lesson he has left for the world 1
Christ did not do more in this respect.
Rev. L. A. Snow, ire learn, will su
perintend the erection of a brash arbor
atLaCross next Monday, after which
a protracted meeting will be held there.
told that a certain gentle
man, who is not exactly noted for
neat 12 month, for Osr. Do,., . j.^ loESM „„ k(|pt (rom loot;ilg tke
coming up and paying all arrearages I g , ^ arm j. aB( j na vy pets
up to date at the old price. I mast take their share of service. The
We do this in order to place onr sub-1 latest sufierer is the express company,
scripUon on a cash basis, as we believe I which claims that th# government is
. ., . u .nf.tra. I taking fat contracts ont of its month
every subscriber will take adv.ntag I tr « n#portiDg ^ {q % govcrnmellt
of this unparalleled o er, an we won 1 ve8ge j i nstea( j 0 f ending it u freight,
rather have one dollar in cash than five 1 -phis style of administration may
dollars on our books,as they have turned I be popular among those who feel the
ont in the past, besides*we expect t] shoe pinch, but in tbe historic words
add 1.000 new names to onr subscrip-1 o{ Gen - Bragg, ought to
, A , .. I love it lor the enemies it makes,
tlnn l,.t m th. neat three month,. T h. Secret*.,y of th. Nae, ,111
The Georgia cities that will enjoy I issne an order to navy officers similar
tbs ten cents special messenger privi-1 to that recently by Secretary Eodicott,
leges oi letter delivery will be Athens, 1 with relation to army officers
Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Macon I tacbed duty. The navy regulations re-
and Savannah. • I quire that officers shall serve three
♦ I years at sea and three on shore, retnrn-
Ed.■Richardson of Mississippi* hai I ; D g a j tbe end of tbe litter period to
twenty-three thousand acres planted I Ka duty. Complaint haa been made
ia cotton, and he expects to make six-1 by some officer* that they did not re-
teen or seventeen thou tiand bales of the I ceive their full time on shore. To
staple, a larger crop than he has ever I cd y any such evil that may exist two
made. I officers, one from the line and one from
' T ; .•...... . I the staff, will probably he detailed at
The Technological bill has reached I ’ f 7 .
, o . j- • n .«^ n .ro I aa ®* r ^y date, to keep record showing
the Senate, and is now in the patriotic •
and polished hands of Senator North-
ea, tbe Chairman of the Committee or
Education. It will be disenssed next
Tneaday.
the kind of work officers are employed
and the length of time that they
have been eng»g*d. Whan three years
of shore doty have elapsed, the officers
ill be sent to sea. It is said
Tht New York San computet that I Navy department that if such an order
a Republican is tnrned oat every six I it issued there wonld not bo more than
minutes of every working day.” And j ten or twelve officers affected by it.
thousands ol eager Democratic of- j The acting commissioner of the gen
lice-seekera are not happy because the I eral land office, Mr. Walker, has
administration moves too slowly to suit I changed the rales in regard to leaves
them. I absences for employes so that only
• I thirty days instead of sixty days are al-
The laying of the corner stone of the ^ fw ^ W9> ^
■mGeorgia Capitol will take P'*«L m1 h„ not been changed and
t September 2d with mttcb pemp attd thg c] „ la , Uowed tUrtT d , rl> tb ,
. goodI deal of rod tape. The Me «i, ing the right of
ttie. w» he tteder the attap.ee. of th. dt , trmining wbell „ d fol how Iong ,
Grand irodgeof Maeoo. of the 8t *> e - tl , u , ve .hallhegirea. Men,
Gen. A. R. Lawton will dol.ror tie l ftk , ,„ veI n0 . g „ nuJ
oration, and Capt. llarrj Jackaon wtll I p-t j od , k „ lhirtJ d , TI _ t ho amoant
he Marahal of tho Day. varying fa th. fadivfdaal ca«». Thi.
The Mahdi died of typhus fever, I has given rise to the idea that the usual
esuaed by neglect of interring the dead number of flays allowed has been i
after the fall of Khartoum. How rap- dnc «f Mr. Walker states that this
.. . , , I not the case, and that each clerk will
idly disturbing mortal, are, after all, L ^ MUhirtJ days’leave
removed from the active scenes of life! I jf entitled to it under the roles as they
s hat a moment ago that Gordon I have heretofore existed.
■ alive at the Bluo Nile and tbe
Mahdi marching against him. Both.
° That fifty men should be able
I vade. capture and hold the city of Dal*
The hill relieving the over-crowded I ton until they had wreaked mob ven-
Atlanta Circuit by establishing the I geance npon certain ol ita inhabitant *
Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit has I bad enough and shows how powsrless
passed the House. If it becomes a I our cities,towns and villages are against
law it will be necessary to elect a j the assault of even a small body of-t>r-
Judge and Solicitor Gensral. There I ganged and armed men, whatever their
e candidates already before the Leg-1 purpose may be, bnt that such an
filature. I si.ult as the one at Dalton ahonld find
I grounds of justification in the fact that
A Nashville drummer, or “commer- u wa< d wine d necessary in order to rid
cial traveler,” who is no doubt ambi- tbat community of an intolerable social
tions of emnleting .Toe Mulhatton, I nniianc< , i of itg tbieree, thug* and
oommnnkatee to the Banner a “won- proat itutes, ie in some respects a coo-
derful discovery” made by him in Ma- ditioB of thJnga ereB mo „ deplorable,
rioa county, Ala. He claims that in whut have tbe police and municipal
following a white deer be came upofl a aat h 0 ritiee been doing? How ia it that
cave, and on partially exploring it he tbia wrete hed state of affairs has been
fonad the petrified bodies of three hn- iuirered to stand and increase until it
beings and a petrified box two became unbearable, aad a body of dfi-
fect long, 18 inches wide and 16 inebee xeB1 determined to suppress tbe vile
deep, and tbe box was found to contain #Til hj uMng personal vengeance upon
a small earthen jar, a large roll of the evil doere? Had tbe authorities
parchment, and a brass rod-the man- tbeir sworn duty
neeripte of tbe parchment being ia tbe I there W£mId ^ ^ nooecMfeafo,
Hebrew Ungnage. H# suggeeta that nroIt ^ lyBch law, with all its tcr-
“tbebox is the long-lost ark of the rora, including tbe lawless taking of
ooveaaA^bi rod tba veritable Aaron’s, I human lift. These recreant sworn
tkejnWpo, of matma, ft. | mimMn otti, Hw «. ropwwtl. to;
parefiment nenoecripU ft. wet loat 1 ^ **
book, of ft. Old Toatataeot." ThH
tale wonld be shallow and foolish
and the way they talked about fire and ^ of tbe men
brimstone in the world to come, rather At 9 0 . clock the wind changed from
annoyed the Judge, who did not be- the aQ(1 the it0 rm increaied
have in such things. I f rom the southwest, when the Casino
i was a positive character, and *|f e ii. It is thought that the maximum
of strong likes and dislikes, »» d | ^odty of the storm was f
onld not entertain a minis'
tbeir thoughts wftc at variance. | of the hotel is intact, having stood the
On one occMion a traveler, about 1 B t orm( with very serious damage. It
dark, atoppod at Me hoow aod aaked | ££5 ft« th^pteMnrttomwi. too
most violent ia thirty years. At 1
The loss
« NOUTU CAROLINA.
and winter trade are reported
ually good. Ia tbe organizatioa of
railroad and manufacturing enterprises
there is great activity, and the outlook
for industrial interests is particularly
promising.
w York’s retort—more money than
CAN BE LOANED—WHAT THE
BANKERS SAY.
[New York Timea.J—The business
prospects of the country, ms indicated
by the ontlook in this eity, which may
be regarded as a fair guage,
proving, and in every line of trade
which is not devoted wholly to snpply-
§ the luxuries of life a more hopeful
ing prevails than has been noted fqr
longtime. The general depression
as so long continued has made buyers
extremely cautions, but tbe demand
for tbe necessaries and conveniences of
life is increasing, and dealers
every branch of trade express satisfac
tion with the present and confidence ii
the fature. Below will be found opin
ions in regard to the probable growth
of business gathered from representa
tives of sevoral important lines.
Bankers generally are complaining
that they have
money than they ca
for lodging for ft. night. He „ ....
horseback, aod preaented m.1.7 of fto 0>dock lt WM enliltl
characteristics ol a Mothodiat 1 to tho New Brighton will bo *30,000.
, , There has been a very general destroc-
. . dud 8 e > I do not en * I tion of property on the island, but the
t * rt ^ n t ,™ ve *®”" . _ I people are profoundly grateful that
'But,” amdtbe traveler; J bare j jbeir live, have been saved. The island
ndden a long ways to-day, tmd am I waB j B t be main submerged, but when
very tired and wouM be pleased if you thewind c}iange d tbe water receded
would Uke me in, I wiU be MU^ed k nd all W(1 ® joiced and were made
h any kind of fare.” I - -
'No,” came in sharp and decisive
words from the Judge.
No pleading of the traveler conld I Wilminqton, August 25.—A sovere
change the Judge's determination, and I storm of wind and rain prevailed here
when he told the traveler he could be I and along the coast this afternoon,
accommodated about three miles fur-1 blowing down trees and fences. It
tber on ,the traveler gave one look of I was particularly severe in the city,
contempt and laid: I The brig Ban Joan, unloading
Well, you are tbe d—est, meanest I ballast at tbe wharf, was thrown
a I hare ever met, and I bare met I on her beam ends, and a small achoon-
any.” I er dragged her anchors and was driven
“Light, sir; light, sir. I will enter-1 ashore. Tbe steamer Passport had a
ain you. I thought you were a Metho-1 portion of her upper works carried
1st minister, and I don’t entertain I away. At 8mithville the velocity of
those kind of people.” | the wind was sixty miles an hour and
If the Jndge changed hie religions I no further information can be had.
ews in the annaet of life the fact Vas I IS Florida,
not published.} j Jacksonville, August 25.—A heavy
storm passed over this city Monday,
wind, w*’ *
the profits of merchant and manufactur
ers, bnt it turns into the banks a
stream of boarded wealth which cannot
be advantageously invested by either
ita hoarders or tbe banks. Wide
awake bankers do not like to keep the
greater part of their money locked up
in vaults. They want to get it into
tbe hands of traders who will give good
security for it, and who will pay a good
rate of interest for its use. Just now
there are few enterprises that are re
turning big profits, consequently nobody
can afford to pay high rates of interest
for borrowed money.
Banks that are operating with cap
itals have fonad it difficult to recently
earn more than
roca or five i*eb cent, dividends
For tbeir stockholders. There i
some banks in this city that are at pres
ent eaniiRg7 and 8 per cent, dividends,
and even more, bnt they each have
small capital, a largo surplus, and
good ran of borrowing customers.
Most of.the large banks have stopped
paying interest on city account, conse
quently they have a free use of large
amounts of money in addition to their
capital. The dullness in mercantile
business has been senonslv detrimental
to tbe banking interests, for mercantile
paper is alwaye fairly profitable to the
banks. Loans mada to Wall street
operators are generally call loans and
pit a vary low rata of Interest. Where
a bank used to get 6 per oent. per an-
nnm from merchants for tbe set <
money it now gets at the rate of bnt _
or 1J per cent, per annum from stock
broken.
Thera is, of conn, a
DIVERSITY or OPINION
among bankers about tbe situation.
8ome banks an making more money
than others. Tbe most commonly ex
pressed opinion, however, is that there
is no “big money” in banking just at
present. Tbe prospect of improve
ment ia somewhat vague. Soma finan
ciers think they sea such a prospect
and others cannot sea it. All agree
that the banking interests will improve
with a general improvement of busi
ness. An increased demand for the
use of money in legitimate trade and
permanent enterprises is what is seed
ed.
* North American Review.
Tho North AmdHcan Review for
September is at hand. The table
eontenta presents the usnil variety of
topics. Fo«r papers are contributed on
the question: “Shall onr National
Banking System be Abolished ?”
“Ouida” contributes an article on the
“Tendencies of English Fiction/
Than oomee “Reminiscence* of Famod-
“Decay of Eccleeiaati-
dam/’ “The Great Psychical Oppor-
tiuutj, 1 ---H.nl TmUm of ft. Fa-
tare,” etc. Some writers of vary de
keeping the Methodist discipline,
mperintendent ot*f a Sunday
school, thinking that it might lead to
some good result. After the children
. assembled a few 8nndays ago, tbe
rly pledged superintendent thinking
it a custom to open such services with
singing, and knowing his inability to
do so, called on his scholars to “sing
something,” when one little boy
stentorian voice opened up as volunteer
leader of the amateur choir with:
“What did de black bird say to de i
When the others joined in the chorus
“Taint gwlnc to rain no mo.”
Many farmers report that their
ears appear much smaller since the fod
der has been pulled off of tho stalks,
The jury has been drawn to serve
the next term of onr Superior Court,
have failed to procure the list
The crops seem to have an atttrac-
m for our cows and hogs, and
fences are too low and rotten to afford
much protection.
C. L. Peacock and B. A. Strange
o enlarging their store houses, pre
paratory to do a heavier business this
winter than ever before.
HOWELL AND T
Georgia never prodorod anofter pair Th , „ 5nd wUch by
of brother. .0 different m talent, and drencW ta tMe j Md J ,„ r ,^
t.ete. temperament and temper, »< .etad, r of fortj mile, per hone and
Howel! ana Tom Cobb Ho.e l coatiou J ^ tor lo ^. Attime ,
Cobb a element tea. in poht.c.1 atnf. u Urting from two to three minote.
and party polritca, Tom I itlained a velocity of fifty mile, and
ne - V *JJl! > jPP* M T , iiLf°n 1 upwards. News had just reached and procured a physician. Names
. jndge end jory. Intellectually both ^ ftom the mouti „f tie St. John, b,
W "’[nT* t “ JtWr ,er< ‘ U ''l"—.L.t .L. ..1. -a. t.rrifie lb.ro “ E ' T '
om Cobb’s mind was like an en-1 {ta foundations. Tbe poi
gins with a full bead of steam on all (blown off and feU on Mrs. Dexter
tbe time, ready to go off at any mo-1 Hunter, a guest, breaking her leg.
ment. Howell Cobb was oool and col- j Three or four large scows loaded with
lectcd *ad had excellent oontrol of him-1 (tone for the jetties were sunk. The
“If- I wharves were considerably damaged and
In the fifties the writer attended I one small house was blown down. No
Walton Superior Coart, and saw for j one is reported to have been killed,
the first time the two brothers as op-1 The storm seemed to have been confin-
posing counsel. The vigorous style ed to a small radius and was hardly
and manner of T<« was very notices- felt thirty miles to west, south or north
ble. After he luui made hie argument 0 f thie city. A great many oranges
before the jmy, Howell answered bias. wen blown from tbe trees.
In sifting the eyidenca and allying Jacksonville, Fla., August 25.-
yet.
Mrs. Dykes, aged about fifty-
years, died of fever at her son’s r
dence, W. W. Dykes, in Schley cc
ty a few days ago. Mrs. Dykes’ spe
cial mission in this world seemed
to make friends by kindness, which
evidence of a Christian life.
Jndge A. M. Caskey is just
ering from a bowel derangement, bis
sister,.Miss Msrgarett is quite ill with
fever, and tbeir mother, Mrs. Martha
Caskey is not expected to recover from
her present attack ol fever. Beside*
the above nearly all of the negroes
Mr. Caskey’s place are, or have been
sick with fever.
told by reliable authority
that a physician by name, who lives
adjoining county, was
treat a lady, who is in her seventy-
fourth year, for fever. The quack
tended tbe patient for three orfonr days,
giving nothing bnt Brsdfield’s Female
Regulator. The family finding that
the old lady was gradually sinking
dismissed the fool, (bnt
of the shoe as he should have been)
Rica, Thursday, by a cs
and gravel. Ho will die.
Mat Parker, colored, has been lodged
jail at Dawson under a leu days'
ntence hy tbe commissioners for re
faring to work the road.
The Legislature has now been
session since the second Wednesday
July and has done but very little prac
tical and necessary legislation.
A man named Thomas Pierco w
arrested in Early county for trying
entice the laborers to jump their co
tracts. He made his escape before 1
ing jailed.
Mr. R. A. Mabon, of Crawford, says
tbe crops in Oglethorpe county, above
and below his town, are suffering for
t, and in some parts are actually
burning np.
The name of Itabnn Gap junction
the Northeastern railroad, has been
changed to Cornelia, in honor ot the
wife of the president of the road, Hon,
Pope Barrow.
The Governor has refnsed a pardon
the matter of William Baldwin,
convicted of stabbing Glebe Jones
Terrell county, and sentenced to p
$500 and costs.
The Telegraph and Messenger a
nonnees that a sufficiency has been
subscribed by tho people of Mtcon
insure the holding of the State Fair
that city this fall.
bridge to cost nearly $8,
000 is being pat in across Little river
at the site of the present wooden bridge
at Canton, which will be used by the
M. and N. Ga. railroad.
Jesup Sentinel: A long pall,
strong pnll, and a pull altogether
the only way to build up a town. Do’
those petty personalities and
sr to the wheel.
e of the lady injured by the
the principles of law, Tom would every I a-v.
now and then intwnipt him with dd. o'cThi Atlwti“c Honi,
romafta and comment.. Howell otood u tkl y„terd.y, i. Mil.
it as loigu his good nature would I Qn^t Hunter instead of Dexter Hun-
“f/ k. AU tho gneota of the hot.ro,
two or throe frot ftom him, ho pot hi. aW tUrtj w0 “ „ , nd children, wet.
hand on Tom * head, patting it, nnd I CIpoi cd for hoora to tho furious driv
tn apleaeant w.yaatd in£wind and rain. Now. ftom F..
“Young man, yon top qtmt; yon L,* di n, , howI g „. t d , m , g ,
haro had jonr roy and I want to have doM t0 bni , d inge, boat ,nd .hipping,
’ .. a ..[and th. gu«t. at tho Strntimor.
• * W ^!' '-'d Vent, go on I WOO 11 Home, on the bench, were driven into
interrupt yon any more, and be kept | tbe town for refuge. No lives were
tVS t v U«t there.
Judge James Jackson, now of the) Fernandina, Fla., August 25.—
Court, was the presiding 1 The Norwegian bark Columbia and
f tbe schooners Conlamb and Elhel M.
ashore in the harbor
’oJ£“’
BANNER. WATCHMAN.
Att And Connel both At Tallu-1 Charleston, August 25.—The cit;
is becoming tranquil. The loss is stil
estimated at one million dollars, includ-
Sunday's | ing wharves and cbutchcs. Merchants
am already rebuilding. The pbot-
E hate works near tbe city are bnt little
ijnred, except tbe Atlantic, which
generally understood ben for some I loses its acid chamber. The German
day* past that Editor Gantt, of the I bark H. Peters was driven ashore.
Banner- Watchman, would, ia to-1 The German brig Freiheil was sunk in
er, reply to Representative I a collision with a dry dock. Tbs
bitter attack upon him, and I schooner Wm. E. Lee was blown
the arrival of the Banner- Watchman. | ashore and tbe Noswegian bark Veritas
was anxiously looked tor. When it land the Italian brig San Pricco are
came it was found to contain nothing (ashore atCastls Pinckney, with a three
relative to Mr. Connell or his attack. I masted schooner, name unknown. No
To-night it is given ont on good an-1 lives wen lost,
thority that bcHLh are at Tallulah Falls, I Augusta, Ga., August 25.—There
A friend of Mr. Gantt's, just from Ath-1 is nothing definite from Charleston
ens, says that Mr. Gantt told him yes-1 to-night by train beyond what has al-
terday that he was going to spend to-(ready bent wired. The storm was
day at Tallnlah Falls, and friends of I northeasterly, and at 10 o’clock a.
Mr. Connell here any that he left yes-1 toned with the tide and changed
terday for tbe purpose of spending tbe I the southeast. A schooner was blown
day at that place. The meeting may I across the Northeastern railroad track
be purely accidental or it may have oe-1 at the wharves in Charleston and now
curred in accordance with an arrange. | obstructs that road. The South Caro-
meat to settle their differences. Tim I liaa railroad dspots and warehouses
outcome of the meeting may be lee rued | were unroofed, and a train left Jwre to-
mm " ' at is known hne
to-morrow. Bo far i
night withj tin
It is i
_ _ repairs.
thsy have no acquaintance with each I ported that the battery in Charleston is
. rni.U’ .. . . * demolished. Theston
other, as they are from distant parts ef.
the State. 11 o’clock this morning. One fatality
dratm or SEXAToa CRAFT. 1 is reported on Snllivan’s Island, where
A telegram teorived here to-night an-1 a large number of Augusta people are
non need «!* fliitli of Senator J. F. I snmmerintr. It ie impoeeil
Craft, who died at hie home at Hart-1 from tho shipping, or to gvt further de
well this afternoon. Senator Craft | tails from Charleston
represented the Thirty-first district.
Ho has been absent from his seat tho 1 Gxakt Stxojto Dxnrx a Extxk
greater portion of tho regular session lively advertised under Cslse names,
and all of the adjourned session, on ae-1 Beware of the Ogre thus disguised.
e adjourned __
ant of feeble With, the privilege I l«t joorj
iviod- been granted him to go and re- qulshed of all dlse
3T\Sl
A RELIABLE ARTICLE. ■
hgAAterpriee. posh andn derireto
HHgoods as will give the trade
rand Mas-1 Druggist lends all competition be
him, tml setts DrTBoeapko'aOoogh and Lung
^y*** 0 ? 1 1 Bvrup. becanee Its thebeat Medldnc
$ug281w.
After the clou of camp-meeting
Buck Creek last year all of tbe twenty
or moie tents, except one were burned
down, bnt with a determination
let this cherished place of worship
down; six new tents were erected
week, and were occupied last Satur
day. There has not been near aa many
attendance on this, as there usually
have been. Thera were several able
ministers present and many good
mons have been preached. Shouting
has not prevailed as much as
former meetings, but we do not say
this that tbe meeting was any of
interesting, by an absence of sucb
demonstrations. “Every rose has
thorn,” and we regret that it is
here; bnt however it is a fact, that
in who haa filled the pulpit
years, while occupying that holy sanc
tuary daring one hoar of worship said,
logically, that the doctoring of fore or
dination was believed only by fools,
bnt we were not the least surprised
this outburst of iacberitable and
Christian demeanor,when a little farther
along he said egotistically that he could
“understand all other books published
except the bible wbieb is the highest
evidence to him that it is the word
God, and if be conld understand
wonld trampel it under foot.”
idea of a man being called to preach
about something that he does not
derstand is like the “blind trying
lead the blind.” He bad better be
tbe altar than in tbe pulpit.
LETTER FROM SCHLEY,
Ellaville, August 25.1885.—Y<
terday about 4 p. m. we were visited
by a very heavy rain that did mneb
damage to open cotton. It was
accompanied by a gale that assisted
injuring the cotton.
The atore now occupied by Mr. Reel
Allen will change band* soon.
Jesse Carter, who bought tbe lot
■tore some time ago, will open up
it the first of September. Before
goes into it* be expects to have
whole building renovated and repainted.
Judge O. L. Battle has bought put
of the Allen lot, and it is said that fie
will renovate the old store room
stands on it, or bnild a new one
he and some one will soon open np
■took of goods therein.
Tbe cotton has begun to roll in very
lively, and onr merchants are smiling
at tbe inornate ot trade.
C. L. Peacock has a patch ot very
fine oorn. He exhibited here n
days ago some sample* of it that would
average six and eight ears to the hill.
Boom say it will make sixty-five bush
els to the acre, while a nnm
ia saying that it wonld yield one hun
dred bushels, if he had a fall acre of it.
He also exhibited a bunch of pop-corn
oouelsting of four stalks, and twenty-
on* ear#, and be say* be is ’ confident
thst it came from one grain. Ctna.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Gainesville is cutting down the bill on
it* main street at an expense of $2,000.
There are between 800 and 1,000
white children attending school in
Greene county.
Lake Bice, a prominent contractor
of Angnsta, died at Hartford, Conn., a
or two ago.
Water from tbe artesian well at
Leary is said to taste at first like “wa-
outof nmudbole.”
Dooly county: Rost is doing great
damage to the ootton crop and it will
cut off at least 20 per cent,
Thirty-nine thousand six hundred
eignty-nifte dollars is Cherokee’
taxable increase In 1885.
Four white persons were taken from
Macon to the State Lunatic Asylum a
MilledgevUle, Thursday.
In Terrell county the other night
negro went coon hosting and captured
four of the “varmints” in one tree.
Two waiters of a Macon hotel fought
duel with plates, Thursday. Con
siderable crockery was smashed but
arrests were made.
A new hotel to be constructed of
brick will soon be started at Cuthbei
$20,000 court house is already well
toward completi
Bartow Lyle was almost decapitated
t .-» af— - mine near Villa
. cave in of rock
Littell'a Living Age.
The numbers of The Living Age for
Angnst 15th and 22d contain The
Electress Sophia, Qnarteily; Winifred,
Countess of Nithsdaill, Scottish; Tbe
Work of Victor Hugo, by Algernon
Charles Swinbarne, *A swain of Arca-
dy, Augustus Jessopi*. and Pailiamen-
tary Manners, Nineteenth Century;
Life in Patagonia, Gentleman’s; Eu
gene Bodichon: a Republican of 1830,
and Samuel Foote, the English Aristo
phanes, Temple Bar; Marlborough,
i; Au unknown Colony,
Blackwood; A Chinese Ascot, Corahill;
An Actress’s Love Letters, and A
Maori “Last Day,” S\ -James’; Tbe
Poet of Elegy, Spectator; with instal
ments of ”A House Divided Against
Itself,” “Fortune’s Wheel,
Great Kcinplatz Experiment,” and
poetry.
For fifty-two number*, of i-ixty-foi
large pages (etch or more tin
3,300 pages a year) the 5ob*cripti<
price ($8) is low; while for $10.50 the
publishers offer to *en<t any one of the
American $4.00 'roonthliei- o
ith The Living Age for a year, both
postpaid. Littell & Co., B
the publishers.
Simitar Sheriff Sales October.
. ber S r ® Ul ® 00,111 h °usc door
Lot of‘land number two hundred
twenty CM0) and the west halt ot lot num
bet two hundred and twenty-one (in\
being in the New Kth District,
in all three hundred, three and one <m*rt«T
acres, bounded on the east by lands ot HUl.
and C. C,^ re!S .outhe south by
gjew gMtoertisrmtws.
C. C, Sheppard and Glover, on the north bv
tbe lands of K. Books, and on the west by
Glover and lire. Chambliss. Levid on anil
to be told as the property of Joseph MeMath
to sattafy one fl fa Issued from the Superior
Court of Sumter county in favor of Barnev
Parker vs. Joseph UcMath. J
Also at the sane time and place will be
sold one number seven (7) Koberi e. Lee
cook stove and furniture. Levied on as
tbe property of W. A. Smith to satisfy one
mortgage fi fa issued from the County Court
of Sumter county in favor ot Henry Jones
l, W. A. Smith. This Aug. 3rd, is85.
N. U. WHITE, Sheriff.
AuE.28td.
yngWtMvysicite'fw xpcn>ue fu».V3
Kumoiiu5*bSf kIUtS wS'nroa* aeou™
blood tad quietens itaohh dmliUon. Keutn-
, s Uses terms *t dlieass sad seres sickness, cares
fA-SKEPTIC SAID]
OflF Notches sad stubborn
Uolls, Carbuncles aad Scald*. P^Fcncanecr.j •
promptly ernes paralysis. TcMtUacharainsi
healthful Aperient. Kills Scrofula and Klnea E
Chansca badbreathtogood.yc
When Mis* Kaiclien Felt Lucky.
M. Simpkon, the distribution
cigar store man, on July l->th,
Denver agent of The Louisiana State
Lottery, and bought fifteen tickets from
him, and sent ten of them to LeadvjH*
customer who asked to buy tbefii,
that night by mail, took five of them
home, gave two to Miss Kaichcn, hit
sister-in-law, who had told him
felt lucky and to purchase for her
fifths for two dollars in The Louisiana
State Lottery, and retsined three him
self. Next morning a message came to
the effect that No. S,099 had drawn the
capital prize. He told Miss. Kaichen
to look, and found that she had 8,999.
Tho ticket was sent on and the money
collected through the First National
Bank of Denver, Col.—Denver (Col.)
News, July 23.
A Delighted Mother.
Gentlemen—Feeling that to your
operation, S. S. S., I am indebted
r the life of my little dangbter, I
take pleasure in submitting the follow
ing statement, which I feel is duo to
the public for the benefit of suffering
humanity:
In the year 1883 my daughter was
poisoned by what is known “po'
oak,” and in a very short time sho
completely covered with sores. The
pain was intense, and her arms, legi
and face were the exact fac simile of
the bark of u tree. She was incapable
) Diseases of the blood or
; la wrtda* by otct ftfty
.clersrmea saa pojwrtsna u u. 8. smd Europe.
t c tV~For isle by slllcedlfic druggists. flJC.
lit tt S. 1. UCU0S » HIM IS! to., St laps, It,
For Sale by Dr. E. J. Eldrldge.
put your shoulder
Thursday morning Frank Daugher,
tailor of Macon, attempted suicide.
The pistol was snatched from his head
just before he pulled the fatal trigger,
by a lady. He regrets his rash attempt.
In Polk county a negro, 90 years old,
is recently cat a full set of teeth, up
end lower, and is in good health
of his advanced years. This
The Angnsta council and the record-
■ are in a muddle. The council, in
the absence of the recorder, remitted a
fine he had imposed. The mooted
question is, has the council the power
‘ ‘ remit sucb a fine ?
The health of Cedartown and vicini-
ry is said to be better this season than
it has been for years. Some attribute
the exemption* from disease to the There i
draining in fto early pnttofl.it .prinn tklt SchWi
of several ponds in the neighborhood. 0
Rev. Wilson Sarvis, of Jesup, is now
securing a patent on an invention which
will undoubtedly revolutionize buggy
building. It is a coupling which does
away entirely with the “fifth” wheel,
neater, more durable and as cheap.
The farmers oi Columbia county a
at present somewhat alarmed on a
count of a peculiar blight which
threatening serious damage to their
cotton fields. The bolls, before they
half grown, decay as though they
had the dry rot.
Cuthrert, August 22.—Last night
negro train hand was knocked from
the cab and killed when the incoming
freight train going east was coming
under the Weaver bridge two miles
west of Onthhert. The negro
posed to have been asleep.
The observant Advertiser and Ap
peal eaye that “Georgia is now fall of
prancing colts, eager to be announced
as racers for the Gubernatorial candi
dacy. As soon as the inspiration hits
one of them, off he goes to Atlanta.”
The Waycross Jleadliyht fires this
solid shot at the Savannah Neics:
“Talk about plagarism and newspaper
thieves, but the Savannah News is the
“boss pirate” of the Georgia Press. If Simmons *
feasion, whe said that it was the
case he had ever seen, and no one who
saw her thought that she could recover.
Only a mother can appreciate my feel
ings, as I gazed upon my child in this
condition. Ia this frame of mind I
saw the advertisement of Swift’s Spe
cific in the Charleston News and Cou-
', and immediately commenced to
give her this medicine. The first bot
tle showed such a marked improvement
that I continued it, and before the
third bottle had been used, she had
tirely recovered.
I would have given the above state
ment sooner, but every one who knew
anything about the “poison oak”
ed that they never knew a case cured
that did not break out every succeed
ing spring. For my own satisfaction
I waited, and can now safely assert
that it was a complete cure, a5 it has
not made its appearance since in the
■lightest manner. I cannot be thank
ful enough that I saw the advertise-
:nt and procured the medicine.
Mrs. John Rugheimer,
July 20, 1885. Charleston, S. C.
(the greatT
(□GQQM0C1MB0BI
th* brsla ol morbid fxndcs. rrompuy ct
mstlm by roaUa* it. Batons UfogiTii
lies to tbe blood. Iscuneteedtocnree
let*. *WE*ll«l>:e srben mil oplmtei
m tbe mind mad toxigontet tbo Uy
4jij*(«Ia or money refunded.
emu
INSURE WITH
A. L.
SOCIETY ,
NORWICH, ENCLAND.
Established, 1797.
H.W. HOWARD
GIN REPAIRER.
Gins repaired and put in first-cla?
ork guaranteed. Address — *“
AMERICUS. CA.
gives credit, it is accorded to the
wrong paper.”
Gen Goode Bryan, of Augusta, is
dead. He was an old and very promi
nent citizen, ne entered the confeder
ate service as lientenant-colonel of
Howell Cobb’s (Sixteenth Georgia)
regiment, and at the close of the war
he was a brigadier general. He made
a dashing and fearless officer,
Aaron McLeod, colored, attempted
to outrage Mrs. J. W. Mnllis, a white
lady, near Eastman a day or t
bnt her cries bronght assistance before
■he suffered bodily harm. A posse of
men were in pursuit of the negro
last accounts, and lynching was c<
aidered possible.
At Decatur one night last week, af
ter Col. Scott's family had retired,
some member of the family discovered
the dog was being choked b'
known parties. All the male membere
being absent, the ladies were naturally
somewhat excited, bnt Miss Nellie
Scott boldly threw open an upper win
dow, and, in a masculine voice, deman
ded who was there, and at th* same
time ordered them to leave the premis
es st once. They skipped.
Two colored boys, ono tl
fish and the other of eggs and
peaches, became involved in a dispute
about the relative sweetness of each
other's harmonises, or month organs.
Finally, the fish vender swiped his op
ponent across th* face with a bunch of
fish. The egg merchant then took
down his basket, aad arming himself
with a few of his product, unerringly
sent them at the fish dealer. They
■truck him squarely in the face and
smashed there. The missiles, with
their glntinons substances almost
blinded him, a fact tehich his assail
ant took advantage of and fled.—Sa
vannah Times.
“Limited to _ _
open Aug. 3let and contim
vided into a Fall Term of 1.
a Spring Term of six months, four
constituting a month. The limited
of pupils enables the principal to gi
dodgitg the question,
cotton crop will be
A Walking Skeleton.
Mr. E. Springer, of Mechanics burg
•a., writes: “I was afflicted with
lung fever and abscess on lungs, end
reduced to a walking Skeleton. Got a
free trial bottle of Dr. King’s New
Discovery for Consumption, which
'Id me so much good that I bought
dollar bottle. After using three bot
tles, found myself once more a man,
completely restored to health, with a
hearty appetite, and a gain in flesh of
48 lbs.” Call at Dr. E. J. Eldridge’s
Drug Store and get a free trial bottle
Tbe greatest cow in the world, Prin
cess Second, owned by Mrs. Samuel M.
Shoemaker, of Baltimore, is dead. In
flammation of the lungs killed her. She
yielded in seven days forty-i
pounds ten and h*lf onncea ot butter.
She had a voracious appetite,
first cost was $1,800. An offer of $25,-
000 was refused. Her last calf could
not be bought for $10,000.
(Fhyiitiaasayi: “C. F.
medicines sell better than
any medicine in my two drug stores. Chiila-
rlne is death to chills. J J. Goss. M. £>..
“ • litas.. May 13,1884. For sale by J.
25*3
Magnolia Balm
is a secret aid to beauty.
Many a lady owes her fresh
ness to it, who would rather
not tell, andj-<iK can’t tell.
pupUs. This school '
nd continue ten months
Fall Term of four months, i
! J2.CC
83.00 and $4.00 per month, payable a
end of each month. No deduction mae tor
any pupil from time of entering -ehool to
nd of the term except for illness ot
'eeks duration, or by special sgree-
School room comfortable and con
veniently located, For particulars spplv to
M. A, CLAKK, Principal.
auglOw sw-lm
City Property
FOR SALE.
ONE FIVE ROOM RESIDENCE, hs'f
acre lot convenient to business. Good wa
ter healthy location. Will sell cheap, very
cheap. Call early if you wish a bargain.
K ONE FOUR ROOM RESIDENCE, one
acre lot near Court House. Good plKe -
Thls may suit you exactly. Call and
me early, If you desire any city property,
SPLENDID FABMS.
NINETY ACRES on S. W. Railroad.”
Good residence and all necessary out build
ings. Store room on the place. .SpJead»«
fine investment
Other farms and pi
cheaply* you will be sw*
irlsed. Call and see me, it you visa w
my, sell, rent or exchange.
B. H. WILKINSON,
at Law and Real Estate Agent-
Dr. HALE
fSSlStlifiU lynflilngWn.D,po
terrOROF ''health and hAme*
CHRONIC ANoTnERVOUS DISEASES.,