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January 17, 1884.
5=381 ©nort Stops.
“Wbar de ben scratch, dar be de bug.”
Coughs and colds are plentiful in Blake
ly, just now.
l’rof. Granberry’s system of instruction
is excellent —therefore send your children
to him.
Mr. S. L. Bush is fast bringing to coin/
rdotion bis new and commodious shop on
Cutbbcrt street.
Head the prospectuses of those excel
lent papers, the Columbus Enquirer-Sun
and the Savanßah News.
Oats were thoroughly killed by the ref
cent cold, and much replanting is going
on. Plenty of seed to be had. v
The cold spell which prevailed in our
seotion, last week, has moderated consid
erably and overcoats are now unnecessary,
except in driving.
In the absence of the Pastor, Rev. J.
11. Corley, wbe was unwell, at his home
in Fort Gaines, Rev. It. B. Taylor filled
the Baptist pulpit, last Sunday morning.
The young man who, in talking to his
girl, told her she was a “butemer,” was
more than convinced that it was so, when
he received a blow on his cars that made
them ring.
Among those who have recently inove^) 1
to Blakely is the family of Mr. J. 11.
Butler, formerly of Arlington. We wel
come Mr. Butler and his family to our
little city. .
Dr. M. T. Alexander is stopping a few 1
days in Blakely, en route from Philadel
phia to his home in Apalachicola. The
Doctor is always a welcome visitor to his
old Georgia home.
A good school should be the pride of
every community. Prof. Granberry is
endeavoring to build up a sctiool in your
town —help him by sending your children
to him. It will repay ycnx.
Your attention is called to the adver
tisement of Mr. A. S. Brown, Proprietor
of the Central Hotel, in Port Gaines.
He will be pleased to have his friends and
patrons call and stop with him. f
It was with dejseted and sorrowfiyr
countenances that our .young men witness
ed the departure of Miss Jessie Granber
ry for Abbeville, Ala., this morning,
whither she goes to visit relatives and
friends. May her stay be pleasant and
happy—but brict. x
Mrs. Connelly, sister of Mrs. D. \y
Palmer, died on Tuesday ni.ht last,/rit
her home on Cullibert street, from the ef
fects of a congestive chill, which she had
on Sunday. Mrs. Connelly had but re
cently removed to our town.
Mrs. R. W. Davis presented her hus
band with a bouncing baby girl, on Sat
urday evening last, and Dick now walks
high and looks as if the smiles were pour
ed on hot and ran all over his face. Al
low us to “gratify” you, old fellow.
We had the pleasure of shaking hands
with Hon. W. C. Sheffield, of Cedar
Spring, a few days ago. Mr. S. is known
all over Southwest Georgia, as the big
merchant of Cedar Spring. llis Blakely
friends give him a welcome at all times.
A gentleman in our town was told by a
young lady that she was vsot easily mash
■cd, in part of a conversation which came
to the ears a News reporter. The report
er didn’t tarry long enough to see whether
or not said gent tested the truth of her
words, by experiment.
Blakely’s cotton receiptsfor this season
will go booming ahead ot last season’s re
ceipts, we thiuk, as the fleecy stuff con
tinues to come in, and the warehouses are
also pretty well filled. Dry weather, cold,
nor Anything of like nature seems to check
Blakely’s onward march of prosperity.
S. Manuel, the famous merchant of
Cutbbert street is making quite a big
name by his liberal dealings and polite
ness to his customers. He keeps every
thing in the eating line. His store is a
model of neatness, and you need not hes
itate to go there through fear of soiling
your clothes. Call on S. Manuel, the
renowned merchant of Cutbbert street.
Rev. J. M. Marshall, pastor of the M.
E. Church, requests us to announce (that
the first quarterly conference of the
Blakely circuit, for 1884, will be held with
the church in Blakely, on Saturday and
Sunday next. Rev. J. 0. Branch, the
new Presiding Elder fer the Thomasville
District, will be present and conduct the
services. Mr. Branch, is said to be one
of the best pulpit orators in tlio whole
Sooth Georgia Conference, and will no
doubt be welcomed by largo congregations.
Read the advertisement of that cele
brated Tobacco Firm, of Lynchburg, Ya.
It is represented by Mr. J. 11. Butler,
who can be found at the I’ostoffice during
business hours. He presented us with a
sample of his cigars which we found to be
remarkably fine for the price. He has
twenty-three samples of tobacco from
which you can select. If , 0U want good
and cheap tobacco cal) on .Mr. IL, and
you will not be disappointed.
“Better late than never,” is a good
motto in most cases, and especially so in
j, matters. Prof. Granberry
opened his school with a favorable attend
ance, Monday morning, but he has room
for as many more. Though you failed to
enter this week, it is oot. yet too late to
begin. Hunt up your books and go next
morning, resolving, though it is
•a little late, that y* u will not will not let
the others outstrip you in the struggle for
knowledge.
x Blakely is fast becoming known as the
live town of Southwest Georgia. It is
ebook full of enterprising men who will,
sooner or later make a city of our little
town. We thick we can truthfully say
that there is not another town in S. W.
Georgia tint will compare with Blakely,
so far as her improvements are concerned.
There is scarcely a day but marks the j
commencement of some new building.
Gentlemen, that is the way to build up
your town, invest your spare capital in
houses.
r A runaway couple created some excite
ment at the hotel, Saturday. They were Mr.
Barber and Miss Virginia Worrell, and
hailed from Henry county, Ala. After
placing the bride in the hotel, and having
fliis ko£‘*e cared for at the stable, the groom
proceeded to hunt up the Ordinary, from
whom he procured the necessary papers
to get spliced. Judge Jones, the Ordi
nary, tied the Gordian knot for them.
They remained over night in Blakely, and
left Sunday morning for their Alabama
home—“Two souls with but a single
thought, two hearts that beat as one.”
While gloomily we sat in our dismal
sanctum, last Thursday, and mournfully
ruminated over our ragged matrimonial
prospects for another year, a sudden sunny
glow of .softest sunshine seemed to break
in, and pervade, and lighten, and gladden
everything within and around us. Had
Pome smiling angel swept by on its golden
rings bearing a message of love from the
better world, \vs could not have felt the
awe-inspiring pleasure of its divine pres
ence more. Turning unconsciously, we
beheld as the source and emanation of
this ethereal influence the beaut if ui face
Miss Minnie 11. as she passed along
"sthe street,. But alas ! alas ! she is gone
now and the ghosts of happy dreams skip
from every shadowy corner, like rats in a
dungeon, and a c.oid saddening gloom is
gathering around us thick enough to cut
with a cheese knife.
The Council met Monday night aryT
fixed the whiskey license at S2OO, same as
last year. The street tax was left un
changed—s 3, or ten days on the streets.
We can’t refraiE from saying a few words,
about the severity of this last tax. It
is too great a tax upon a laboring man to
be compelled to lose ten days from bis
work just at this time, and it will go pret
ty bard with many of them to part with
$3 just when it is so much needed. There
are some sixty persons who are subject to
street duty in Blakely. Is it fair to im
pose upon these sixty the whole duty of
working the streets of Blakely ? There
is, we learn, a considerable surplus in the
treasury from last year’s taxes, and there
was no property tax at all. Why should
the street tax not be reduced to one half
its present.rate, then levy a property tax
to supply the deficiency, if there be any?
i Itikbut just to make all share the burden.
. We earnestly hope that the council will
. see fit to reconsider -their actiou and give
. us & smaller load to tote.
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Yirk’js Floral Guido.
Here it is again, brighter and better
than ever ; the cover alone, with its deli
s cate tinted background and its dish of
- gracefully arranged flowers, would entitle
it to a permanent place in every home.
The book contains three beautiful colored
' plates, is full of illustrations, printed on
1 the best of paper, and is filled with just
• such information as is required by the
, gardener, the farmer, those growing plants,
| and every one needing seeds or plants.
The price, only ten cents, can bo deduct
' ed from the first order sent for goods. All
parties Any way interested in this subject
1 should send at once to James A icb, Iloch
-1 ester, N. Y., for the Floral Guide.
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Patents Granted.
I The following patents were granted to
, citizens ot Georgia, week ending Janua
' ry 8, 1884, reported expressly for this
! paper by Jos. 11. Hunter, Solicitor of
’ American aud Foreign Patents, 904 I’
! Street, Washington, D. C :
j George W. Stewart, Atlanta, beanng
for car-axle journals : Ge Hu Port, feev
’ enth District, Coweta county, cotton seed (
planter.
A Chance for Capitalists.
At the depot last night, while talking
of the great mineral wealth of Georgia ami
-of Mr. A. 11. Powell’s famous mica mine
near Macon, Major Kline, superintendent
of the Southwestern railroad, said that
he was in Fort Gaines a few days since,
’ and was astonished to find within a stone
| throw of the wharf enough natural phos
i phate to fertilize thjs entire Southern
j country. It consists of a loose earth mix
ed with shells, bones sharks’ teeth, etc.,
j which crumble at the touch, showing that
tljev are eutirely disintegrated. Do took
up one lump of earth, and on breaking it
in half with his fingers found inside a
large shark’s tooth, perfect in shape, but
which crumbled to dust at the touch.
This natural phospate is inexhaustible.
He saw two met) digging some out of a
large hill, and was told that they used it
on the lands near by, and that it was su
perior to any of the commercial fertilizers
now on the market. The land on which
this phosphate is located belongs to a gen
tleman who knows its great worth but has
not the means to pulverize, sack and place
it on the market.
Here is a chance for some enterprising
capitalist to turn over his money iu some
thing that would pay handsomely.
Major Kline also said that at a certain
point on the Southwestern railroad is a
bank of the purest kaolin, white, oily and
plastic, and superior to that near Aiken,
S. C. Really, it needs only a little mon
ey and enterprise to develop the hidden
treasures of our country. — Telegraph and
Messenger.
The Columbus Enquirer makes a strong
lick in saying that “one of the follies in
which some newspapers occasionally en
gage is insinuations against public men in
which they have no information or proof
to sustain. This has a tendency to weak
en the confidence of the public and impair
the usefulness of men iu a position to be
of benefit to the country. It is all wrong
•and a charitable construction would at
tribute it to unthoughtedness.
Warren ton Clipper : Senator Colquitt
is spoken of as the next candidate for the
vice-presidency. Such has been the wise
and conciliatory conduct of Colquitt siuce
he entered public life that he not only has
a large following in his own section,,but
he commands the respect of the wllLe
The recc-Dt ditehiosr near
Grounds of one or more cars in cniijWioi
Ward Holt’s train, has caused
charge of that young man and
Edwards, who turned over the trau-
at Smitliville. While we know nothing
of the culpability of either party in con
nection with this affair, jee cuunot help bi.t
feel if their sentence was just, it was rath
er extreme, at least so lu-r as Mr. llolt is
concerned, llis connection with the road
for tlio past six years has given eniire sat
isfaction, and he has risen fr-mi the lowest
service to a Couduetorshtp. This is the
first accident that lias occurred siuce his
assuming charge of a train, aud though lie
may be to blaute, his constant and devotee
service to his duties should have had some
weight with the officials, and modified, at
i- least, the extreme <*se.taece inflicted upon
him. —Albany A’eivs ii• Advertiser.
We clip this from the Telegraph if;
Sse/n/er iu reference to Mr. E W. Douglass,
i whom wc suppose is the Eugene Douglass
who spent his boyhood days in Blakely
and was once a -typo in this office ; “Mr.
Eugene W. Douglass, well known in Ma
con and throughout Georgia, is studying
for the stage in Chicago, aud will make
his debut in Shakspearean plays next sea
son.” The good wishes of the News and
many ’riends in Blakely will follow “Gene”
wherever he may wander.
Oil Thirty Day’* Trial.
, The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich., will semi
Dr. Dye’s Celebrated Electro-Voltaic Belts and Elec
tric Appliances on trial for thirty days to men
(young or old) who are afflicted with nervous
detility, lost vitality and kindred troubles, guar
autoeiug speedy and complete restoration of
health and manly vigor. Address as tss-vc,.-
N. B.—No risk is incurred, as thirty days trial
is allowed.
Capt. S. R Weston, of-this-city, receiv
ed a telegram yesterday afternoon inform
ing him that Mr. U. L Western of Daw
son, was very ill, aud not expected to !i~e.
This is distressing news, indeed, to the
many Iriends us Mr. Weston in this city.
His critical illness is made peculiarly sari
by the fact that he is engaged to be mar
l ied to a popular young lady of Dawson,
a»d cted to lead her to Hymen’s
altar nest week. It is sincerely hoped
that he will he spared by a kin-1 I’rovi- i
deuce, though hi.* condition at this time
gives little hope. Captaiu Aeston and
Mrs. J. D Oheves left for Dawson last
night. — Albany JYcws & Advertiser.
Samson’s JLogs and Hooks.
When Delilah clipped off Samson’s
locks that mighty athlete at once -became
“as other men.” It it could he proved
that the possession of luxuriant hair would
enable men to tear open lion’s jaws, His- |
cox & Co. would be driven wild in the el :
(ort to supply enough of Parker’s flair j
Balsam to meet the demand. As it is the
Balsam pri vents your luir from falling
out, and restores the original color if faded
or gray. Besides it is u great addition to
the toilet tabic simply as a dressing
B Rjafnya| Bend six cents fur iiosiage, and r#»Cfiv<*
Ar H 17 r f rht 'y ft costly box of tfooiH which will
P' 2 ktZE&i kelp y° u toiiuvrf* money rifjht away than
- " anythin? e’-tf in this world. All, of <i
tLer Hex, succeed from iirnt hour. The broad road to
I fortune opaas before the workern, absolutely aure. At
o;e a i l re 1 -*, Tri e & Co., Augusta, Maine.
A Sold Fireman. ■
'I he Chipley I.ruder tells the following
s't-iy upnu « Columbus fireman :
“O'-e id the firemen at the fire at Co
luuihus Tuesday night suffered quite a dis | 1
appoint men t. He rushed up the stairway j
determined to distinguish himself by res j
cuiug some lair damsel An opportunity j
soon presented itself, lie saw a deserted
one amid the danger. He sprang forward
and seized the fair one in his arms and
carried Inr safely from the house. As he
deposited her he looked down übon her,
expecting to receive a smile to ho the re
ward for the gallant act, uni perhaps a
nice kiss to be the si quel Alas, alack, to j
Hs chagrin, it was a half nude, half grown j
boy. The hruve fireman turned away with ,
clinched teeth, and said : ‘You little imp. |
I’m of a great rniiid to carry you back and
lock you up in the routu. so help me.’ ”
Five Cent Column.
Notict-H will be inserted iu this column for five
ceuts per liue, each insertion. No notico will be iii
settc ti for leas tirm %p cents,
FOR RENT OR SALE.
IVT ,10USK a,ld L 0T ’
siion Main Street.
X. M.llO wARI),
Blakely, Ga.
If you want good, cheap Spirits of Tur
pentine, made from Early county pities,
take your bottle to the
Central Drug Store.
Buggies and Wagous.
PARTIES desiring to purchase a good
Buggy or Wagon will find it to their
interest to call on li. C. Fryer & Son, as
they deal in the very best vehicles at very
low prices.
Notice to Debtors ami Creditors.
GEOI&Gi.i—EARLY COUNTY:
A LL persons indebted to the Estate of S.
J \_ J. Collier, deceased, late of said coun
ty, are notified to come forward and make
settlement-, and those holding claims against
said Estate are notified to present them duly
proven in terms of the law.
A. J. GAY,
Adn inistrntor of S. J. Collier, deceased.
January V, 1884.
CENTRAL HOTEL,
Fort Li nines, Ga.,
L S. 111, Mil.
This hotel is kept in first class style, and
the traveling public will find it to their in
terest to put up there.
1884.
THE CAMPAIGN YEAS !
The year 1884 is the great campaign year
in the United -States. Every citizen and
i voter will want a good newspaper to keep
i op with the progress of the world.
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j. news of each ot these states : js the only
, paper in Columbus that prints the full dis
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mitted by both .contemporaries and people
to be one of the most ably edited -if south
t ern journals. Its manufacturing statistics
are eagerly sought after and are recognized
, as official. Its political news will lie par
ticularly fall during all the time. Terins,
$7 a year; $3 50 for six months ; $2 for
/ three months.
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. general, and its Market Reports are inval
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The oldest Sunday Family Newspaper in
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it contains a variety of interesting literary
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Columbus, Ga.
The Savannah Morning News
FOR 1884.
On the first of January tlio Savannah
Morning News made a new departure in
journalism in this State, and on that date
began to send a paper,
EVERY PAY IN THE YEAR,
including its mammoth eight-page Sunday
edition, to every subscriber to the daily edi
tion. The subscription price remains the
same, viz-, Sit) a year, or 85 fur six months.
In the luture as the past the Morning
News will support the National Democratic
party, and advocate the principles of that
party.
It will lie, as it lias been always, inde
pendent of all political or personal cliques,
either local, State or national. It will con
tinue to advocate a reduction ot the tariff
because it believes that the best interests of
the .people will he served by such reduction.
In its columns the latest news from all parts
of the world will be found.
Special attention will be given to the news
of this. State, Florida and South Carolina.
Each department will lie carefully edited, j
and the aim will be improvement and a i
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No expense will he spared to make the j
Morning News the most readable, reliable >
and progressive newspaper in Georgia. The I
j Morning N ews is the only paper in-Georgia |
j except the Augusta Chroniitic and C'oimlitu
tiannlist which takes the regular and sup
plemental Associated Press dispatches. Tin;
special dispatches and correspondence of the
Moiinino News will he fuller this year than
ever before.
TERMS.
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Daily, Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day, or Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday 5 00
Weekly News 2 00 i
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Savannah, Ga,
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clad tidings
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