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County Directory:
Superior Court*. —Hon. -Jno. T. Clarke, Judge. J.
3H (iuerry, Solicitor General. J. W. Alexander, Clerk.
L..* E. Black, Sheriff. Regular term, Ist Monday in
April and October. ~ ( > . dnL.
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rv. Regular meeting, Ist Monday in cicli month.
County Commissioners. —H. C. Fryer, T. M. How
ard, W. C. Sheffield, R. H. Lanier, J. L. Harris. Reg
ular meeting Ist Tuesday in each month.
County Treasurer —H. 11. Buchanan.
Tax Collector—T. G. Johnson.
Tax Receiver—R. I». Taylor.
'Coroner —James Butler.
Town Council Oi Blakely:
Ckairtnan—R. 11. Powell. \ .
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l)owell, A. J. Singletary. ,
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"business directory.
_ R. 11. SHEFFIELD,
ATTORNEY At LA\V
AND REAL VISIATE AGENT. All business will
receive prqii,ijL»t, Office in northwest
room of Court House.
tfKikely, Ga., Juue J, 1880,
Dr. T. M. HOWARD,
Dentist &
Blakely i, * Georgia.
Ed. L. ITiYER,
rUOPRIETOR OF
tIVEBY, sXtfe '& FEED STABLES, northeast cor-
J ner of public square. Best at lowest prices.
Ample accommodation to Traveling S'ults'ffieu', Atten
tive hostlers. Give him a trial
Blakely, Ga., September 3, 1885. ly. _
B. il. Robinson,
DEALER IN
ENERAL MERCHANDISE, comes to the front
VJ with one of the most varied and best assorted
Stocks of T)ry Goods, Groceries, Clothing, Loots,
jshocs, IlatH, Hardware, &c., to.be found in Blakely.
Btore one door north of News office, iry him.
September 3, 1885. ly.
Mrs. A. Y. T!lo3i rSON7
MILLINER,
HA3 .TtJST received her Spring & Summer Slock of
Millinery Goods, and is now prepared to accom
modate her customers with latest styles of goods in
ter line, at prices that defy, St,ore in the
Buss building, northwest corner of public square.
Blakely, Ga., September 3, 1885. ly.
"X h7POWELL, Agent,
DEALER Ik
GOODS, Notions, Groceries, Shoes, Toilet
I / Goods, Tinware, Glassware, Woodware and Wil
low-ware. Stock kept constantly replenished with
choice goods. Store on southwest corner of public
square.
Blakely, Ga., September, 3, 1880. ly.
SMITH & JAMES,
DEALERS IN
~I -V PY GOODS, Groceries, Hardware, Notions, Cloth-
I I i u g Boots, shoes, Hats and General Merchandise
of all sorts. Stock kept up to the highest standard by
Voustaut addition of fresh goods. StSre on west side
Main Street.
Blakely, Ga., Sept. 3, 1885. ly.
Dr. W. B. STANDI FEE,
PHYSICIAN fc APOTHECARY,
TENDERS his professional services to the public.
Prescriptions carefully compounded, and calls at
tended promptly day or mglit. Office cast Hide oi the
Ihiblic Square, Blakely, Gu.
September 3, 1885. ly
J. H. BUTLER,
AGENT FOR THE
ORDER DEPARTMENT of John Wauamukcr’s
Clothing Houhc', Phila lelphia. Spriug & Summer
samples just received, an 1 he is now ready to take
orders. Suits guaranteed to lit. ft
H. C. Fryer & Son’s Store.
Blakely, Ga., September 3, 1885. ly:
~ S. Li. BUSH,
BLACKSMITH j
G1 tJNSMITH and Wood-workman. Will do all work
I left with him in first-class style. Horse-shoeing
also done. Prices very low. A liberal share of the
public patronage solicited. Shop on wefet side dt Cuth
bert Street.
Blakely, Ga., Sept. 3, 1885. ly:
Will. A. JORDAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WILL PRACTICE in all the courts of the Pataula
circnit. Collections made a specialty. Office in
the Court House.
Blakely, Gu„ April Bth, 1835. Iy,
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BLAKELY. GA., THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1880.
SOMETIME.
Sometime when the light is fading
From the glorious sunset sky,
Will you think, my friend, my loycr,
Os the happy days gone by?
Days whop tve were friends together,
And the world seemed bright and fair,
When we had no grief nor sorrow,
And no thotrght of faturo care?
I remember well an evening
In the days of long ago,
When the sky whs tirighVahd radiant,
YVith'a beauteous sunset glow.
On the old porch steps we waited- -
I remember whut ydu said—
While the shadows fell around us,
And the Stars came oat o’efhea3.
Sometime, in some other sunset,
AYill yciti t!iinit of 'the as ’then,
Till the time shall come, if ever,
When we sometime meet again?
I remember well one morning,
When the sunlight brightly fell
Round the little, old, brown cottage
In the isolated dell.
And the sun shone down on sorrow,
For we parted there that morn;
On the old porch steps you left -me,
Lonely, heartsick, and forlorn.
Sometime, on some other 'morning,
When the sunlight floods the eaVt'li,
Wilt thou turn front scenes ol pleasure,
Scenes of gayety and mirth,
Arid remember for an instant
llow we parted on that day,
Lover’s sighs; and tears, and kisses',
On the morn you went away?
Loved-, and loving we were parted,
By the steVn decree of fate';.
We must call the parting final,
Or in patience work a'nd wait.
Wc are working, Vr'e fire \Vnltnrg,
And wc hope to meet again;
Somewhere, sometime in the future,
We shall be so happy then,
But if fate shi uld bo so en^-l,
If on earth we meet no inori',.
Somewhere, sometime, I am trusting,
We shall meet to part no more.
E. A. I).
a iiEitom: In rags.
Jacqueline Dubois was not French, though
her name would seem to indicate that such
was the ease. Sire was an American work
ing gill of Allied *parentage, her father be
ing ol French extraction and her mother a
true born American.
Site had Neither beauty nor education to
assist her to gain a livelihood; lienee she
was obliged to toil daily in an immense fac
tory, along with at least a hundred other
unfortunate girls and women.
The factory was rattling and buiSing
away in the midst of one of the busiest
parts of a great city. It had been there for
years, and its tall, grimy brick walls stood
like a specter ahiid tile busy marts of trade
which surrounded it.
The office of this factory iVas upon the
ground floor, easy of access and a model of
ease, elegance and comfort. The owner was
very robust, fat !h opulence; a prominent
member of an uptown chilFeh; a man whose
name was frequently se'ca in the daily pa
pers heading some subscription for the sup
port of foreign missions with a liberal dona
tion. It wds a good ddvertisemeut. lie
liked it; it paid well.
This good man’s factory room. Where his
hundred female slaves toiled through the
week to fatten his already adipose purse, did
not possess a seat eS'cepl the few boxes the
girls had begged from the storeroom to re
ceive their weary bodies after their limbs
had given out find refused longer to support
them. These girls worked from seven
o’clock in the morning until six at night lor
—how much? Not enough to buy food
proper for their sustenance, not enough to
keep blood in their veins and strength in
their muscles. It is the hitter truth, as ma
ny know too well, that the thajority of these
workers rcebito oiilv from two to three dol
lars per week, or less than fifty cents per
day.
Then, hanging over them like a Damoc
lean sword, is the docking system, which
eats into their wages like a htlngry rat into
the malt. These hard-working souls have
made the opulent proprietor, who now can
scarcely spare an hour a day to business, as
his time is entirely taken up by drives, clubs,
public gatherings and other pleasures.
In this deh—yes, den! that is the right
word; wlnit better name for a place where
young girls arc tiitiglit that their time is al
most wdHlilcss, arid leant the uselessness
of honest effort. In this den JucqUelitte
Dubois labored.
She was a very earnest worker, and won- j
derl'ully adept, eu’niequcutly slid was ouo of,
those who received three dollar's per week.
She was generous to a fault, and frequently
divided the scanty luncheon she had pro
vided with a fellow-Worker less fortunate
than herself. Thus she made friends and
thus she made enemies, for the envious and
small-souled cannot dtifl generosity friend.
StftncTew girls there, who were dressed
much better than their position would indi
cate, thus (nakirrg thgir means of procuring
their finery equivocal, looked down updii
her and snecringly said, —
“That Jac Dubois is terribly stuck up for
as hofnely a girl as she is.”
But blessed is a plain, lioiieSt lace to 'ft
girl in these circumstances, as it keeps her
from temptations and nfiseries.
Jac Dubois, as they called her, had a lar
ger soul and a more intrepid spirit than the
whole elivlouß lot put together.
It was a bright, sunshiny day in May, al
most the first bright day we had experienc
ed. It cheered the hearts of the girls, and
incited them to renewed efforts. Jac Dubois
had worked "hard all the forenoon, hut she
was not tired, she was happy. Ifer face
sparkled with vivacity and her mouth
wreathed itself in many fifniles. She had
been singing as she worked, singing snatch
es of Mission School melody, which har
monized strangely with the wlifrl of the ma
chinery.
The reason sljo was so happy was because
her mind was so filled with the of a
young a'nd handsome man. She had met
George Dunham a few evenings before at a
friend’s. lie was a young carpenter, and a
hard working man. They had since been
walking together, and he hltd asked her if
lie Alight linger near the factory after ivork
ing hours and walk with her homeward.
It was two long miles from the factory to
Jiie’s home; but tlio poor have to live where
'tlie rent is cheap, and many have a greater
distance to walk after their -ay’s work.
It was the hou'i of noon. Jac had eaten
her luncheon and made known her determi
nation to go doivn on the street to get a
breath of fresh air. Several girls offered to
accompany her, so that quite a number were
in the party that strolled down the sunny
street to a b'i~V 'thoroughßue below. As
they neared the crossing quite a crowd met
them, surging both ways. A few ol the
girls stopped on the corner to ogle a party
of mechanics, who sat with tin pails be
tYvo'en their, blue over ailed legs, eating the s
cold bite, wli'mli nature craVei.
Three girls attempted to cross the street.
One of them was Jae Dubois. Coming to
ward them from the other side was a nurse
and child about four years of age. As the
nurse endeavored to pull the little one along
it stumbled and fell. The nurse relaxed
her hold upon the little white hand and
sprang forward to avoid the approach of an
express Yvagon. The child knew not its
danger, hut the bystanders saw it. The
nurse and several women screamed, hut no
one tried to Ritvb it.
The burly driver strove in "vain to cluck
tho restive horses. Almost miraculously
they stepped over the little creature lying so
helplessly there without ever- alrtliding the
sSin. Dut the lovely little head with its
clustering curls was directly in the course
of the heavily tired wheel. No one could
grasp the intant and no otie stirred. What
An instant, what terrible suspense! when the
frightened bystanders expected to hear in
an instant the bricking bones of the child’s
head. ..
Stay! One hand di 1 strive to grasp the
infant and failed. What could she do—a
slight girl?
“What is Jac Dubois doing?” exclaimed
her companions.
lteadily the girl saw that nothing could
suye the child’s life but a sacrifice, arid the
sacrifice—which came, Gol knows, from a
pure heaft—was made. Iler slender foot
was placed before the ponderous wheel, then
she grasped the spokes and punhed with all
her strength to change its course. It turned
from its former track just sufficient to avoid
the infant’s head; blit in its revolution it
pushed poor Jacqueline’s foot otit of all
shape.
The child was quickly picked up by one
of the bystanders and its clothes brushed
off by the frightened nurse, Yvtio tided to
quell its subs, while her own tears were
chasing each otliqf down her cheeks. The
inanimate form of (mr poor heroine was laid
upon the broad flagging of the sidewalk.
She had fainted.
“Brave girl! Wlib is she?” said a henev
olent old gentleman, just approach
eel, attempting at the same time to chafe
some life into her hands.
“Only Jae Dubois,” answeVd orfb of her
fuHh'er companions, who was already busy
surmising what change lier absence from the
factory Yvouhl occasion in her particdlar
Yvork, and hoping to step into her place.
“Jac Dubois? Oh, Heaven! is it Jae?” j
cried one of the young carpenters, his pail |
being flung from him into tlic street, and he
bending doYvn and looking into tlic young
girl’s face.
"You know her, then?” questioned 'the
old gentleman.
“Yes, sir, I do.” t ..
“YY'ill you care Tor her? She should have
immediate attention. You ought to take
lief to the nearest surgeon.”
“She shall have it, sir. I will do so.
Ed”, —to a workman—“get a carringo for
me.”
■ “She is a noble girl,” said the old gentle
man, looking doYvn at her. “Who is slie-«»
j where docs she reside? I should like to call
'jpdn lier.”
! “Jacqueline Dubois, No. 920 Spring street.
| YV ill you help me put her into the carriage?”
Various offers Yvere made to put the
maimed girl into the vehicle. It was suc
cessfully accomplished, and the carriage
rolled away to obtain medical aid for the
sufferer.
The spectators dispersed, the girls return
ing to complete their day’s work. The old
■ gentleman stepped up to the nurse, who was
j kneeling in a doorwny still brushing the
! particles of dust from the child’s dress. He
j 1
had only seen the crippled girl and beheld
her heroic action from a distance.
“My good woman, tVho is this— What!
Agnes—Gracie!”
“Oh, Mr. Laflin! you won’t discharge me,
will you? she baby is safe and sound, and
I’ll buy her a new frock. I couldn’t help
it, sir—indeed, indeed, in—”
“Rapa, papa!”
Mr. Laflin took his bnby in his arms, and
kissing her dear little face, turned from the
nurse without a word and gazed in the di
rection of the rapidly disappearing vehicle,
until the large tears gathered in his eyes and
rolled down his cheeks.
“Noble girl! noble girl! her foot for my
child's life! But sff e shall not suffer if mdh
ey can repair the damage.”
Byron Laflin was very rich. Ho put
down in his note-hook the number and name
of Jucqueline’s street, and calling a
age lie took the careless nurse and his only,
his darling child Gracie, to their magnificent
home. As T’e pressed her to his bosom her
life seemed doubly dear as lie thought of the
recent danger and her narrow escape,
*******
Jacqueline Dubois lay in the only bed
room on the first floor of her humble home.
The injured foot had been properly cared for,
but the physician gave little encouragement
to her ever walking upon it again without
the aid oT a crutch.
By her side was the young and pleasant
faced carpenter, George Dunham, lie was
holding ficr white hand.
“George, where is mother?”
“Gone to hgve your f'atlrtSr come home i
from liis work.”
“It is too bad,” she iqoancd. “Father
will lose a day, and you will lqsi: a day, and
I—oh, I can never walk again!”
“Never mind, dear, don’t cry. If you
will only let me provide a home for you, you
will never want while I have strength.”
“Oh, George! aie you in earnest or do you
soy this out of pity? The do'etoh says lam
never to iisc iny foot. What would you do
with a one-legged wife?” and the poor, suf
fering girl essayed a laugh, which only end
ed ip a sob of anguish.
“Yes, indeed, Jac, I do want you. llow
can I help loving you, knowing as I do vvliat
you did to-day?”
“Oh, I couldn’t help that!”
“No, indeed, an heroic action is the first
inpulse of a brave heart.”
Knock! Knock!
“See wlio it is, George.”
“And your answer is—”
“I love ycu.”
In a few moments George returned; hear
ing in his hand a letter addressed to Jac.
“Read it to me, Ocoige,” she said, as she
closed her eyes and set her teeth, determin
(d to endure the excrutiating pain without a
cry.
“City, May 5, 1877.
“Mis 3 Dubois; —Enclosed ! send yon my
check for one thousand dollars. This is hut
an instalment of what I intend you shall
] have. My daughter’s life la dearer to me
I than all my wealth. This you preserved by
; the sacrifice of all your future prospects, and
j weeks and months of pain. I will call soon
, and make your acquaintance, hut I cannot
hesitate nil instnnt in giving you a substan
tial teken of my obligation. My dear girl,
a thankful father blesses you.
“Byron
“George, all this for me?” queried the be
wildered girl eyeing the check. “I’ll give
| it to father so he can pay off the mortgage.
I dh, I am glad 1 did it!”
“I know you are. dear Jac; wc will forget
! what f said a few moments ago,”
“YVhat for, George?” she Asked patlieti
| cally.
“You Yvill now be amply provided lor.”
“No, George, not wholly provided for un
less I h tve you to share it.”
Changing into a Desert.
DenVer, C 0!,., July 24.—The great plains
are hot and parched and daily they are be
coming more like the veritable desert of
pioneer day. Not for many years, lips thero
, been such a scarcity of water in Colorado,
and especially in the region of the Platte.
Vegetation is becoming brown and crisp,
The grass is withered, wells are drying up,
irrigation ditches are dry, crops are burned
up by the intense heat. Cattle are dying,
and at some points on the plains the people
arc almost perishing for Water.
Pitiful are the tales told by the ranchmen
of crops destroyed, cattle perishing arid
their families in great danger of suffering
Reports horn the eastern parts of Arrapahoo
and Weed counties, near the Colorado line,
represents a terrible state of affairs. This
section see;mg fated to disaster and misfoi
tune. Last winter it is estimated that 10
people lost their lives near the state line in
snow blockades and terrible storms that
Now they, art; scourgod with an
intense heat that ic bringing ruin, god disqs;
ter. No emigrants for many years haye
suffered such extremes of heat and cold us
they. InduicJ liy the favorable reports of
the rainfi 11 of tiie two preyious years, and
hifluenced by the commonly accepted theory
that the rainfall is each year increasing ani'
the rain centre moving westward, hundreds
of new settlers have attempted raising crops
without irrigation, but the present season
has been a very unfortunate one, not onfy
tbe crops totally destroyed ard their stock
dying, but the unfortunate p'lnchtnen and
their families are irt-Sotne places suffering
for water to.,«lrink. Nothing Put misery is
ahead of them, and unless relief of sopie
kind is soon obtained it is said ( that .they
will be obliged to ipovp away or perish.
Cuttle gre cbpKirig with thirst and often the
poor brutes arc seen standing at the dried
up watering places with tongues Jelling out
of their mouths.
In some places the wild nqimgls be,-
coming tarie, evbh the antelopes, the fleetest
and most active animals on the plains, iii
some instances have become so exhausted
from thirst they.haVe been easily captured
by hoys from the ranches. The repoi;t{<
from all the ranchmen confirm the statement
that if water is not procured the suffering
among the cattle will Result nriost fatally anil
that the loss to rachmcn will be immense, ns
-t ft I
these little bunches are in ipany alj
the ranchmen, possesp; p> lose them would
be most disastao'is. In fact, ns one ranch
inun expressed it, it is a matter of life and
death to them. The great stock ranges,
which It bad been hoped would escape, urg
now becoming brown, and the leading stock
men are beginning to feel apprehensive.
The cattle have suffered more in the south
ern sections nnd many have perished, t
About 100,000 head have been rushed
through the State from the dry ranges to
the ranges of the northwest. Tlic Rio
Grande river lus a good volume, but tb's
Arkansas and the,Platte are now but ankle
deep, below the great irrigation djtebc3, and
many troublesome questions have arisen ov
er the irrigation problem. In many {duces
along the Platte the ranchmen are armed
and will fight unless they obtain their rights!
The big ditch companies arc monopolizing
what little water there is, and the fepling b>
very bitter. There have already been sev,
eral encounters, but no loss of ljfo lias yet
resulted. Representative ranchmen from
the plains have just held a convention ir
Denver, and say if they cannot have watc
by peaceful means tliey will take it by force
“Water, water; give us water,” is the cry'
that comes from the p’ains.
Governor Eaton has just given an nudi
encc to a committee of ranchmen, nnd i
devising means fur a fair distribution of the
water, and it is to be hoped that he will
succeed. Unless something is done there is
danger of bloodshed. The great ditch mo
nopolies are guarding their ditches witli.
armed then) and the ranchmen, hundreds of
whom are novr secretly organized and arm
ed, say that unless relief is soon given they
will cut the canals.
fieri ver is feeling the result (if the drouth.
The city’s water supply comes from the
Platte, and the water works company hoc
issued a request to all citizens to bo us eco
nomical as possible in the use of water, es
pecially for fawn purposes. Some of the
small towns to the enst of Denver aio suj
plied with water from this city, and were it.
not for the water shipped to them on the
railroads the inhabitants would soon perish’
for thirst.
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