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VOL. XXIII.
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©Dt]feUl© ©T M©^
Attorney at Law,
COLQUITT, GA.
Prompt attention given to all business en
trusted to me. [apr. 20.
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ATTORNEY A T LAW,
BLAKELY, GA.
Office—One Door South of News Office.
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Attorney at Law,
MORGAN, GEORGIA.
NT7'ILL give close attention to all btisi
' f ness entrusted to his care in Albany
Circuit. 7 ts
DR. T. M. HOWARD.
jDsniist & Pliysioiaa,
Blakely, Ga.
Parties living at a distance wishing to
make Dental appointments, will please do
so through the mail.
A choice selection ot pure, fresh
DEUC-8 & MEDICINES
kept on hand, for sale at reasonable prices
lor the CASH ONLY.
May 4, 1882
FRYER’SSTABLES.
fT'HE TR .WELT Nil PUBLIC and others are hereby
1 informed that my
Livery, Hire and Sale Stables
arc new well supplied with iirst-clafs Stock, Veliioles of
;ili kinds, anil every couv-nienee for the safe trauport
ol' pa s -h-ith, hauling goods aa-l other service usually
it- ".-..J of stable k ■ lleiust ill the hnsim-ss but u
short time, my W wle out.'it is uewaud serviceable.
My location is convenient for the traveling i'ublie,
thi- Stable being u.-ar the Depot, mi l within call of my
d'.vlling. When not at my Stable or dwelling, calls
veil b ■ answered from tie- Siorc of Fryer .k Soil, sec
ond door north of the Hot ot. Parlies wishing tls-ir
stork attended to, ran have them taken to the Stable,
carefully groomed and fed and brought out again with
out trouble to tb'-nise.v.-s, by leaving their orders at
said store. Ctmrges reasonable and satisfaction guar
anteed. Public patronage respectfully selieit 1.
E. L. FRYES.
Blakely, Ga., Sept. 21, 18,-12.
BLAKELY
Livery, Hire ami Sale stable!
GKO. E. CIIIPS'J'I'.AD, rioprietor.
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rpuiS STABLE IS LOCATED ON THE PUBLIC
L Square convenient I’m* parties who may wish to
woe how their stool: is cared so especially con
venient for Drovers ft) exhibit their stock. Water ii»-
sidtt the Stable, troughs ami shelters in the lot, on
short, every couveni* ice necessary for the comfort of
Horses and the can* of Vehicles.
Conveyances always on hand for the accommodation
of traveling salesmen and oUuth, ut, veu'-emable prices.
Vt hides every Train. The patronage of the pub
lic solicited. •
Blakely Ga., May 4th, 1883.
BURIAL GASES.
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■T|TK ILVVE ON HAND, and will keep
Vv constantly in store, aline lot of Rose
wood, Mahogany anil Walnut •
"Burial Cases
of assorted sizes, f>r sale at prices as faver
.,l,le tl s in other markets. Cull and examines
than, S. 11. POWELL,
E. L. FRYER.
Blakely, On., Aug 15, 1882. ly.
YOUR DEBTS
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CENTRAL
DBV6*BTOIK£|
BLAKELY, GA.,
DR. DOSTOR, Pio’r.
Offers to the public, at
Reasonable Rates,
EVERYTHING
connected with the DRUG BUSINESS.
ID?” Prescriptions carefully compound
ed with the purest articles known.
LUMBER!!
ALL CLASSES OF LUMBER
delivered at Blakely, or any other point on
any Railroad, as -
CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST.
CONTRACTING.
We contract for the erection of all classes
of Buildings, and can furnish all the mate
rial, as we have the advantage of low prices
in everything used therein, and have a good
corps of workmen in our employment.
Carriage and Buggy Work,
In this line we can do as good woik as
can ho done anywhere. We put up new
work or repair old. as nm vbe needed. Farm
work of all kinds done with dispatch.
Buggies and Wagons a Specialty.
4\ e have the best workmen employed, and
guarantee all work.
Our new two story 'Workshop will soon he
completed, and we respectfully request the
patronage of any who may need anything
in our line.
N. W. PACE & SON.
‘Arlington, Ga., Feb. 2, 1882.
"hotels.
CENTRAL' HOTEL”
Fort Gaines, Georgia,
1. g 8 BE-GOT, Prop’r.
This well known and popular house under
the management of its new- proprietor is ful
ly sustaining its reputation as a first-class
Hotel. Situated in the center part of busi
ness, with rooms comfortable and airy—its
table is supplied with the very best. A
large sample room is kept for the especial
accommodation of travelling salesmen, and
the comfort of all guests carefully looked
after.
In connection with the Hotel is run a first
class Livery Stable, where parties can be
furnished with conveyances at reasonable
rates. [ap. tidy.
BARNES’ HOTEL
Albany. Georgia.
npiIIS WELL KNOWN HOUSE, IS
j| situated near the centre of the busi
ness portion of the city, and is still kept by
Merrick Barnes, its original owner and
proprietor. Its fare and accommodations
are the bestthat can be provided, and charg
es moderate.
Aug., 28. 1874. .3-1 y
NOTICE!
1 UK CORBETT HOUSE.
To Friends, Patrons and tlie Public
Hcncraily,
\rOU ARE RESPECTFULLY INFORMED THAT
X E. C. Corbett, formerly of the National Hotel,
and more recently of the Corbett House on Second
Street, has purchased, thoroughly renovated and furn
ished the large and elegant three story brick builGing
known us the Lawton Tenament House, situated on
Poplar Street, second house above the City Hall, just
live minutes walk from the general passenger depot,
where he will be pleased to see all who may favor him
with their patronage—either by day, week or mouth.
Persons visiting the city for pleasure, business or
health will l’md the Corbett House pleasantly situated,
in a first-class location, commanding as fine a view of
the city as any place in it. Tin* air pure and cool, and
water fine. He guarrautees his faie as good ar the
market affords. Terms reasonable. Call and try us.
E. (’. CORBETT, Pror. Corbett Hoi £e
Macon, September 24, 18711.
lYfi seel I n neons Ca rds.
Watchmaker and Jeweler.
npilE subscriber now occupies the room
JL over Mr. J. Butler’s bar room, where he
will bo happv to serve his friends and the
public generally, in repairing and cleaning
Clocks. Watehesnnd Jewelry: also,in plating
in gold and silver, lie also keeps on hand
a supply of steel and silver-plated Specta
cles. He is prepared to fit the eyes of all
that are defective, either from shortsighted
ness or decay. Also, keeps an illustrated
pamphlet of Jewelry, Rings, Charms, Lock
ets, Ac., which can be inspected by parties
wishing to order any of said articles. lie
lias made arrrangeuents whereby he cap,
supply any article in liis line not on hand
promptly, and warranted to be as recoin,
mended.
SSayOld Gold and Silver taken in pay
ment for work. I DOS. M ILLIA.-S,
i January 1878. 25 ly.
BLAKELY. GA., THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1882.
Failing!
That is what a great
many people are doing.
They don’t know just what
is the matter, but they have
a combination of pains and
aches, and each month they
grow worse.
The only sure remedy
yet found is Brown’s Iron
Bitters, and this by rapid *
and thorough assimilation
with the blood purifies and
enriches it, and rich, strong
blood flowing to every part
of the system repairs the
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strength.
This is why Brown’s
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kidney and liver diseases,
consumption, rheumatism,
neuralgia, dyspepsia, mala
ria, intermittent fevers, &c.
SO3 S. Paca St., Baltimore.
Nov. 28,1881.
I was a great sufferer from
Dyspepsia, and for several
weeks could eat nothing and
was growing weaker every
day. I tried Brown’s Iron
Bitters, and am happy to say
I now have a good appetite,
and am getting stronger.
Jos. McCawley.
Brown’s Iron Bitters
is not a drink and does not
contain whiskey. It is the
only preparation of Iron
that causes no injurious ef
fects. Get the genuine.
Don’t be imposed on with
imitations.
For Sale ut the CENTRAL DRUG STORE, Blakely.
Early Siierill' Sale.
GEORGIA—EARLY COUNTY:
& T public outcry, or the first Tuesday in
f\ January next, will be sold, before the
court house door, in tiie town of Blakely,
Ga., within the legal hours of sale the fol
lowing property, to-wit:
Lot of land No. 354 in the 28th district of
Earlv county. Levied on and to be sold to
satisfy one wild land tax fi. fa. lor State and
county tax for the year 1882.
J. S. MOSLY, Sheriff.
November 28, 18S2.
Early Sheriff Sale.
GEORGIA—EARLY COUNTY:
IVEFOIIE the court house door, in the
j) town of Blakely, Ga., on the first Tues
day in January next, will he sold, at public
outcry, within the legal hours of sak, the
following property, to wit :
Lot of land No, ]<>l in the 28th district of
Early county. Levied on and to he sold to
satisfy one wild land tax fi. fa. for State and
county tax for the year 1882.
S, .MOSLY, Sheriff.
November 28, 1882.
1855. 1883.
TO PLANTERS OF GEORGIA.
of you remember Baugh’s Raw
Bone Super Phosphate and its introduction
for the growth of Cotton as far back as
1857, or two years after its first appear
ance in the North as the pioneer phosphate
made from Raw or Unburned Bones.
Since that time it has been used and ap
preciated by the leading farmers and plan
ters in the North and South. Years ago
the manufacturers decided not to sell it on
long time or credit, cotton option, and
were the first as far as they know to quote
a low price {cask down) for a phosphate of
established reputation. This article con
forms in analysis to the State Law, and is
offered at a very low price for cash. The
only terms on which it can be obtained
frenn the manufacturers are : cash to ac
company the order or you can arrange
with your agent in Baltimore, Philadel
phia or New York to pay for it on presen
tation of hill and bill of lading.
If you cannot buy Baugh’s Raw Bone
Super Phosphate from your Factor at home,
we advise you to order direct from us.
You will find it to your interest to con
sider this subject ond save money by cor
responding with us.
B AUGH & SONS,
Sole .TZaciufucturcrs,
I’liiludelplila ami Baltimore.
Selfish John Clark.
The meeting was a good one in spite of
the intense heat arvi that there was more
singing done by the musquitoes than by
the human species.
John Clark sat by an open window,
where what breeze there was came iu and
kept him comparativtdy comfortable, and
then he had on a clean liueD suit which
his wife had washed and ironed that day,
notwithstanding the mercury mounted high
in the nioeties, and its freshness was an
additional comfort.
His first crop of hay, much larger than
usual, had that day been put iu his spa
cious barus without damage by so much as
a drop of rain. He was well, strong,
prosperous, therefore happy.
The ride home was charming, and as
the new horse took them through Cairnley
Woods, with sure fleet foot, he felt that
life was very bright; and as he thought of
Brother White’s remarks about “weary
burdens,” ‘‘feet tired with the inarch of
life,” lie concluded that the aforesaid broth
er was not it) the enjoyment of religion.
John’s wife sat back iu the carriage,
resting her tired body and turning over iu
her mind the remarks her John had made
at the meeting. “Bear ye ono another’s
burdeos,” had been the subject of the ev
ening’s talk, and John’s speech had been
listened to to evident relish.
“Your husband has the root of the mat
ter iu him,” said the pastor as she passed
out. “I hope we shall all take heed to
his well-timed words.”
“I thiuk.of luting Tom Birch as a sort
of spaTe hand and call-boy generally. I
find this hot weather takes the starch out
of me,” John said, as the horse trotted
through Die cool piue grove, amid flickers
of moonlight.
“Will you board him?” asked Mary
Clark in a constrained voice, with the mem
ory of her husband’s exhortations still in
mind.
“Os course. I want him evenings to
take the horse when we come homo from
meeting, or if 1 have taken a friend out.
It is rather hard to have to go to work
directly one gets home.”
“You are to hire him to bear some of
your burdens,” said Mary, iu the same
hard voice.
“Just so wife. It stands mo in hand to
practice, if I preach ; don’t you say so?’
“1 do ! I am glad you are to have help;
as you say it is hard to go to work the
minute you get home. I 'have been fool
ish enough to have this ride spoiled by
thinking of bread to mix, two baskets of
clothes to fold before I sieep for the irou
irig to morrow, aod dinner to get fur four
hungry men, aod baby to care for.”
“Dou’t crowd to morrow’s burdens into
this pleasant ride. It seems to me that it
would be better to get all your housework
done belore meeting time.”
“If I could, but that is impossible;
milk to strain, dishes to wash, Benny and
baby to put to bed—all these duties come
together, and then 1 am tired cuough to
go to bed myself.”
“Take it easy, Mary ; keep cool, avoid
all the hot work you can.”
“I wish I could have a girl, John!”
“Mother used to say girls were more
hindrance than help. I guess you would
find them so, and then they waste and
break more titan their wages I don’t see
how I can afford a girl. Do what you cau.
1 and leave some things undone ; that’s the
j way to work it,” and John sat back with a
I satisfied air, and Mary thought of her
; husbaud’s gluwiDg words iu the prayer
I meeting.
“I wjll do all I can,” said Mary iu a
weary voice. “What iam obliged to do
!is much beyond my strength. The three
; meals come near together, washing and
I ironing must be done, baby shall not be
neglected, and of course 1 must keep the
clothes well mended.”
“One thing at a time is the way to think
of your duties. Pick up all of the com
fort you can as you go along. I have
made up my mind to do so in the luture.’*
“So I see by your thinking of having
an extra hand.”
“\ r es. I feel that I must take care of my
health for your sake aud the children’s.”
“Certainly,” Mary answered iu a sar
castic tone, “how thoughtful you are for
us!”
John made no further comment but in- j
wardly wished that prayer-meetings did
Mary the good they had done once, and j
wondered why his wife had so changed.
******
“I am going with ?qtiire Towno to see
a new reaper : he says he hardly wants to
buy without my opinion.” This was next
day.
John left his wife ironing, with the
half-sick baby sitting by the table in
the company of an army of flies ; and in
spite of the home scene enjoyed his ride
along the pleasant, shaded road, well pleas
ed to be seen so much with, the great man
of the towD. At supper time he came
home with the new reaper behind th.e
wagon.
“By faking tyro we made a handsome
saving ; and, as 1 intended to buy one,
thought I might as well take it now,” lie
remarked, byway of exp'anation. “It
will save time and strength, aDd pay for
itself in a year.”
Mary made no comment, but set her
teeth tightly together when she remember
ed that she had asked in vain for some
thing to make her work easier. A sewing
machine had beeD pronounced “hurtful; bet
ter have fewer changes of clothing than
run a machine,” John had decided when
the subject was discussed ; “a olothes
wringer would be constantly getting out of
order. To bring the water into the house
would be just to spoil the water. Noth
ing, after ail like the good old bucket.
Mother would never have a pump in her
day!”
“My mother used to say all men are
selfish and I begin to think she was right,”
Ma r y muttered as she weot to the kitchen
fur the plate of hot buscuit John was so
fund of for bis tea.
Her husband’s appetite was good, b.ut
from fatigue and overheating herself Mary
could nut eat. His ride and the society of
the genial Squire htd acted like a tonic,
but there is no tonic in the air of a hot
kitchen.
“A commonplace life,” she said, and
she sighed, as she cleared away the tea
di-lies, while John tilted back in his arm
chair on the cool, draughty porch and talk
ed over things with Neighbor Jones.
“Why don’t you buy Widder Patch’s
cranberry metlder?” asked Mr. Jones; “it’s
going dirt cheap, and you can afford it.”
The sum wus named—figures that aston
ished Mary, and she was more surprised
when she heard her husband say :
“I’ve ball a mind to do it. I've just
had an old debt paid in, and, to tell the
truth, affairs in the money market arc so
squally, I don’t know just where to salt it
down.”
No tears came to Mary’s tired eyes, but
her heart went out in one mighty sob as
she stood, dish pan in hand, before the dis
ordered table, and thought how cheaply
she had sold herself, really for 82 a week
and her board to the man who had prom
ised to love and cherish her until death.
The beautiful piano she had brought to
the farm was never opened, but looked
like a gloomy casket wherein was buried
all the poetry of her life. The closed
“best parlor” had long since assumed the
grioiness and mustionss of country best
pallors, and of which in her girlhood she
: had made much fun. John was a rich
| man, and, in spite of his marriage vows
and his glowing prayer meeting talk, was
, allowing burdens grievous to be borne to
j press on her slender shoulders, in order to
1 “salt down” hi 3 dollars,
j Had sho not a duty to perform? Ought
she to ahow him to preach and never to
j practice? Had she not rights to be res
pected? which were not by her iiusbaud ;
fur, she reasoned, if he allowed her to do
what could be done by an ignorant Irish
woman for 82 a week, then be rated her
at that price.
“Widder Patch lias had a tough time
on’t,” said Neighbor Jones ; “she is going
to the West’rd to Tom, if she sells the
uiedder, and Jane is going out work. She’s
tried sewing, but it don’t agree with her,
and Dr. Suo* recommends housework us
healthy business.”
“’Tis healthy business,” chimed in John.
“Now my wife is a good deal better than
when I married her. Why, sbe never did
, a washing in her life uutil she came to the
1 farm. I think washing aud general house-
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work is much better than piano playing
and reading.”
“So I say to the the girls, who pester
nae to buy an orgio ; better play on the
washboard, enough sight,” was the elegant
response.
“Are you going to buy the cranberry
meadow, Joho?” Mary asked, as she saw
her husband making preparations to go
from home.
“ Yes —why?”
“Can you afford it?”
“We shall have to figger a little closer
in order to do it but it's going cheap.”
“You will have to give up Tom Birch
won’t you and do the chores yourself?”
‘•I have thought of it, but Tom is poor,
and to give him a home is a dead of char
ity. No, we will save some other way.”
“How much do yo% pay Tom?”
“Three dollars and his board. And, by
the way, he says you didn’t wash his
clothes. \\ ashing and mending was in
the bargain.”
“I think Tom will have to go, for I have'
hired Jane Patch. She will be here to
night. Two dollars a week lam to give
her. You waDt to practice ‘Bear ye one
another’s burdens,’ as well as preach from
the text ;so I will give you a chance. I
will take my turn in sitting on the cool
piazza after tea with a neighbor, while
you do the chores. I think the time
has come for some of my burdens to be
lifted. By exchanging Tom for Jane, you
will have 81 a week for the cranberry
meadow. You say strong active Tom is
in need of a home ; ho can make one for
himself anywhere. It is a deed of chari
ty to give Jane a home and an act of mer
cy to give you wife a little rest.”
Before John could recover from his as
tonishment, Mary walked out of his sight,
and taking the children went to the shut
up parlor. Throwing open the windows
to let in the soft summer air, with baby in
her lap she sut down at her piano and be
gan to play a “song without words 1 ” a
piece John had loved to hear when he
use'd to visit her in her home, where she
was a petted girl. The song crept out
through the open windows and around iq
John as he sat on the porch, and memorv
compelled him to give the song words
Not musical poetry, but rather somber
prose, wherein washing, ironing, hard days
at the churn, hours of cooking for hungry
men, stood out before his mind's eye in
contrast to the fair promises he had made
the pretty girl he had wou for his bride.
Jane Patch came that evening, and at
once took upon herself many of Mrs.
Clark’s cares, and no one greeted her more
cordially than the master of the house.
Nothing was ever said about her corniog,
and Tom Birch did not go away; so Marv
knew that her husband could well afford
the expense.
She told ine how she helped to make
one man thoughtful and unselfish, as wo
sat on her cool piazza one hot August
night; and I was glad that one woman had
grit enough te demand Iter rights. If
.1 oilo Clark had been poor his wife would
have borne her burden in patience, but sho
had no right to help make him seltisli, ami
indifferent as to her health uud comfort.-
Boston Watchman.
The colored people in the Fourth dis
trict of Pulaski county have organized a
society, the object of which is to encour
age morality, sobriety and charity. Tho
society will not admit as a member any
person who violates the laws of the coun
try or is guilty of vagrancy. They pro
j pose to help each other in sickness and
j affliction, and for this purpose a treasury
: has been established, and the members
pay an initiation l'ec of fifty cents and a
monthly duo of twenty-five cents. The
society will have for its motto : “Virtue,
industry, sobriety, honesty and charity.”
Ivisk and Explain. —Some two or
three weeks since Harrold, Johnson it Co.
had a well bored on the lot south of this of
fice. The well has been in active use since
it was finished. Friday morning the ne
gro man who draws water for the mortar
I bed was astonished to see several little
animations which he took for wiggle-tails,
| so he caught one and found it was a ver
| itable fish. We bad the astonishment to
; witness the subterranean fish as lively as
; could be iu the tub of water. 'They have
i eyes, and must have been in open water,
but how did they get a mile inland is tho
question?— Sumter Republican.
■ « »
Theodoie F. Gaillard, Savannah, Ga,,
i says ; “Brown's Iron Bitters was of great
Lem fit to me when aufferiug lrum weak
ness.