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THK EASTMAN TLMKS.
R, S, BURTON, - Proprietor,
H. W. J, HAM. Editor.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1873.,
To the Georgia Press.
By an error, clerical or typographi
cal, the day for the meeting of the
Georgia Press Association is set for
Wednesday, the 16th of May. The
day of meeting is Wednesday, the 14 th
of May, and members of the Associa
tion are requested to govern them
selves accordingly.— Sac. News.
Susan Ebcrliart.
At the present writing powerful ef
forts are being made with the Govern
or to have him commute the sentence
of the above young woman, from the
extreme death penalty to the peniten
tiary for life, or such other time as he
may see fit. It will be remembered
that she was the paramour and ac
complice of E. F. Spann, of Webster
county, who murdered his wife, for
which lie was executed on the 16th of
this month. A correspondent of the
Atlanta Herald throws some very dif
ferent lights on her case, from that in
which it has been presented to lUJ* and
we understand they arc also set forth
in the petitions to the Governor .from
the most respectable people of Webster
county. The girl it seems was poor
in the extreme, raised up until she
was sixteen years of age in squallid
misciy, and at that time went to live
in the family of Spann, to attend on
his invalid wife, and it was here, that
unarmed by education in the lino of
duty to meet the ordeal, she encoun
tered the tempter, and he by using
the arts, which too many of his sex
know too well, overcame the helpless
ness of this innocent child and made
her the partner of his guilt. Step by
step he led her on, for she had learned
to love, and almost worship him, until
his evil passions led her weakness into
the commission of the act for which
he has already paid the death penalty,
and she now stands under the beam.—
It seems to us, that taking all things
into consideration—her youth, her ut
ter helplessness, and the good name
for virtue and morality which she had
hitherto borne, and the majesty of the
law has been fully vindicated by the
execution of Spann, who was the prime
mover and perpetrator of the guilty
act—’that it is oneof those cases, in
which the Governor might with great
propriety exercise the clemency placed
in his hands, and commute the fearful
penalty that is hanging over this un
fortunate victim of another’s duplicity.
Trip to Dublin.
On last Thursday morning, taking
pity on the tired and worn-out (?) con
dition of our oditor, wc, the proprietor,
volunteered to make a trip in his stead
to the above beautiful and picturesque
town. Casting* about us for some kind
of a conveyance (the hack having left
on Wednesday) wc obtained a horse
and buggy, and together with our
clever friend, B. A Herndon, Esq., left
Eastman, printing office, editor and
devil, and bent on seeing all that was
to be seen, bent our course and set our
sails Dublinward.
Arriving at Gum Swamp, we found
the first item worthy of notice to be
the bridge over that stream ; we say
worthy of notice because it is quite
dangerous to pass over it in its pres
ent condition without giving critical
notice as to where your chew of to
bacco lies, and whether your hair is
parted in the middle. It reminds us
somewhat of the fellow in town the
other day who felt so happy that lie
couldn’t stand still, and if he had hap
pened to cross that bridge in his then
tottering condition, our idea is that a
coroner would have been in immediate
requisition. We think it would be a
good idea to straighten the road from
here to Dublin, throw away that old
bridge, shuffle the cards and take a
Dew deal, and, see if a better road can’t
be obtained.
Passing on a few miles beyond, and
having somewhat recovered from our
fright, we were just beginning to con
gratulate ourselves upon our good
luck in escaping destruction, when our
pony suddenly shied, and up flew our
hearts into our mouths as we thought
of Capt. Jack and the Modocs, but the
reader can imagine our delight when
we found the object of his fright was
the advance guard of the Dublin Hack,
in the persons of our friend Henry,
and Itoberts, the dignified representa
tive of the Lnion & Recorder, but we
were not quite so well satisfied when
wo saw just behind them, Lanier of
ihe I'dexjrap) j,, in all the glory of blue
pants and stageMriving hat with a lull
head of steam on, engineering the ma
chine in a reckless manner that made
us tremble for the body of poor Rush
ing, of the Advertiser, who was at the
time under his care and keeping.—
However, by getting behind a clay
root, we managed to pass them with
out having our unpretending craft
stove in, and went on our way rejoic
ing.
The chirping of the musical frog,
the grating of the woodsawycr, and
the beautiful evening whistle of the
owlingate, made music for our ears as
we journeyed on through a beautifully
and heavily timbered region of coun
try until we reached Dublin. We must
say we were agreeably surprised to
note the progress and go-a-headitive
nefls which here meet the eye on every
hand, and the beauty of her buildings,
the cleanliness and order of her streets,
are things which speak well for a peo
ple cleverer than whom we have never
met, and after just such a model as we
would have a world be il we could
create it after our own choice.
We met and made the acquaintance
of so many cleyer gentlemen that to
attempt to particularize or mention the
distinguishing traits of each would
far transcend the limits of this article,
suffice it to say we spent the time
most pleasantly, and hope to meet each
and every one again.
Being unwell wc made very little
effort for our paper, canvassing, as
“Brick” Pomeroy would say, not being
in this year of our Lord our best forte
however we had the pleasure of adding
a good many new names to our list
from among the good citizens of Lau
rens, and, on Saturday morning, took
up our line of march for home, carry
ing away in our heart happy reminis
cences of this our first trip to the
namesake of the Irish Capitol, and
fully determined to leave no stone un
turned to further the interest of the
clever people who had shown us so
much kindness. B
Tite Feud Between the People
aml the Railroad Mo
nopolies.
A prominent topic of newspaper dis
cussion just now, and one which is at
tracting the attention of thoughtful
people all over the country, is the ex
traordinary growth of railroad monop
olies, and the numerous ills that
spring therefrom. The discri ninations
of these vast corporations against
the very classes that support them
have aroused those interested to a
careful consideration of the best means
to be employed to defend themselves
against an imposition that is rapidly
developing into a sock's of feudal,
barbarity. In some quarters this im
position’has come to be unbearable,
and the right of the Government to
take charge of the railroad lines of
the country is openly advocated. This
however, is the extreme of opposition,
and we opine that the General Gov
ernment will never make a serious
move in the direction indicated. Its
centralizing tendencies are too appar
ent and the result entirely too doubt
ful. The agitation, nevertheless is
ominous, and it would be well for
those who have the management of
railroads to take some steps to pre
vent a series of contests which prom
ises to be as disastrous as the foolish
feud between capital and labor.
The question involving the relation
of railroads to the people—to agricul
ture and commerce—is an extreme I }’
delicate one and involves various in
terests. Carefully prepared laws by
competent State Legislatures might
do much to prevent odious discrimi
nations in the transportation of freight,
but the matter is not one to be dis
posed of in an ex parte manner.
Judgement in tine Atlantic
Cast.
Halifax, April 18—E. Mcdonald,
collector of customs here gave judge
ment in the Attantio inquiry to-day.
He commended the conduct of the
officers after the shipwreck, but con
demned her management from the
time she bore up for Halifax at 1 P, M.
on the first* especially the Captain’s
conduct in leaving the deck at mid
night. His certificate might be can
celled, but in consideration of his
efforts to save life, it shall be revoked
for two years. Jno. Brown, fourth
officer, is suspended for three months.
The Pope in Better Health.
Home, April 18—The Pope is some
what better. He arose from his bed
to-day and remained several hours,
during which time he transacted busi
ness.
A young lady in Camden, X. Y.,
dropped a newspaper on the bridge.
A young gentleman who had not kept
posted with the fashions picked it up
and offered it to the young lady. She
indignantly repudiated the ownership,
and he is wondering what made her
look so mad,
GEORGIA NEWS.
Savannah wants the condition of
her sidewalks improved, and has in
view a new’suburb for residences.
Harris,,of the Savannah News, struck
another mule item the other day, and
with a chqpkle of amused glee, lets
off his wit thusly :
In Newnan the other day a mule
kicked a negro’s hat off without touch
ing his head. What right lias a negro
to deceive a mule by wearing a hat
that don’t fit ? It is a swindle that
should not be tolerated in a Christian
community.
Two Macon negroes had *a dispute
the other day, and each butted the
other on the list pretty considerable.
The heads are all right, but the amount
of slings and poultices which invest
their potato grabblers is wonderful.
The moral paper of Macon is res
ponsible for the following:
Samson got up early one morning
and slew a thousand asses with the
jaw-bone of a single Philistine, even
before be partook of bis matitudinal
ham and eggs and coffee.
Two females of the crfmpled hair
variety, and mourning
went down to the Macon & Augusta
Railroad depot the other day, and elo
quently discussed, in his presence,
some alleged impropriety of one Grif
fin, a negro by profession, who, when
they grew personal in their remarks,
picked up a bar of iron and in rather
an emphatic manner knocked them
both on the head. The women were
only bruised, but the iron was badly
bent.
The Macon Enterprise published a
dispatch the other day (the 18th)
about ‘Pope Pins, 1 the Ninth. Where
is your proof reader, brethren?
Pendleton, ol the South-Georgia
Tnnes goes to Savannah, gets a nice
complimentary notice from the local
paper saying ‘that he is a fine looking
man, and some nice girl ought to mar
ry him, &c.,’ transfers it to his own
local column, and then sits modestly
down and awaits proposals.
Woods, of the Ilawkinsville Dispatch,
seems disposed to let us alone at last,
and in fact, he is on our side, now, f,r
ho come out in his last issue, and pays
us such a handsome compliment in
his account of Montgomery Court, that
wc have no desire to rattle his gourds,
and are perfectly willing to flutter
paws O’! cr the gory gully.
One Hans Vanashuiandcrdaiisera'nc
ryiiieudemitiheitemschuttLdysc hftp
y(.ur idy rombedu fluidic ii n u runs lev, ]ire s
jii Macon. He was up before the
Mayor’s court the other day, and his
name had to be ‘recorded on the min
utes,’ and as soon as the moral paper
found it out, it sent down a reporter
with a half dozen pencils and a quire
of paper, who succeeded in somewhat
less than four hours, in getting it down
in full. -Too much credit cannot be
given it for its enterprise, else the
world might have lived on in ignor
ance of one of the greatest names
that has ever adorned the pages of
history.
A certain revenue man, and a Sa
vannah soothsayer, Madame Smith, by
cognomen, lias gotten into a serious
difficulty, because revenue wants to
marry a feminine offshoot of the afore
said Madame. She eloquently pro
tested against his connubial tenden
cies with a stick, which so incensed
Mr. ltcvenue that lie run away as fast
as ever a pair of taper legs, rounded
off by a pair of Xo. 9 boots could car
ry him. He now amuses and revenges
himself by dark nights b} r galloping
off' with her sign, and such little acts
of pleasant remembrance.
Savannah whisky is funny in its
workings. A few days since, two
parties met in a saloon, and although
never having seen each other before,
they, or at least one of them concluded
that there would bcno fun unless a
smalt sociable row could be gotten up;
so be tried insulting the other, and
that failing, he walked up to him and
slapped his jaws, whereupon the in
jured party drew forth a bottle of
Stout s best pale ale, and tried the
solidity of the jug ware, by tapping
the assailant on the brain box in a very
familiar manner. This together with
the oar racks and recorder wound up
the frolic.
Hancock county lawyers are men
of genius and no mean interpreters of
the tangled statutes. The other day
a negro woman left the bed and board
of her lord, master and stouter half,
and sought the more congenial atmos
phere of the home of another nigger,
“without regard to race, color, or pre
vious condition of servitude,” where
upon the bereaved partner of her sor
rows wont to a disciple of Blackstonc
and asked his advice, who, with great
alacrity, took out a x\ lit of habeas cor
jnts, and restored her to the arms of
her sorrowing l husband amid the tears
and congratulations of all concerned.
Two light-stepping icpresentatives
of the human race, had a lively little
walk from Savannah to Thunderbolt
for a purse of twenty-five dollars—
'Lightning Rod’ made electric connec
tion with the congenial bolt of Jove,
while ‘Reindeer’ was still in the dis
tance, obscured in a cloud of dust of
his own raising. The Rod pocketed
the stamps and trotted off without so
much as offering to divide with the
the Lapland Bovine.
Stewart & Purdom of the Southeast
Georgian, have come to the conclusion
that the above name is not sufficiently
local, and having come to the conclu
sion that ‘Blackshear is the point with
in the great circle’ around which the
wire-grass section of Georgia revolves,
say they’l just Pur-dom-ed if they don’t
intend hereafter that their lively little
sheet shall have ‘a local habitation
and a name.’ They have therefore
changed the name to ‘ The Blackshear
Georgian,' 1 and secured the services of
Col. S. \V. Baker as editor, who takes
the chair, in a short but well written
editorial introduction. Our young
friends are gentlemen of merit, and we
wish for them every success, and pre
dict for their journal a bright future.
The Macon Enterprise gently rakes
down some advertising fellow in New
York, who wants him to insert SSOO
worth of advertisements for eight dol
lars. Don’t blame you, Smith, give it
to ’em, we’ll back you.
Mr. R. M. Johnson, formerly of the
Southern Sun, has become associate
and local editor of the Bainbridge
Democrat, together with Ben E. Russell,
the present editor and proprietor.
Waynesboro is going to re-organize
her base ball club, and try to develop
some muscles among her youngbloods.
Smith, of the Macon Enterprise, is
so enterprising lie won’t let other peo
ple alone that don’t advertise with
him, and pitches into Drake’s Planta
tion Bitters about the cabalistic letters
of G. T. 1850 X. We think he made
a mistake, but if not, we can tell him
what it stands for. It is one thousand,
eight hundred and fifty Good Templars
if.rpelled for drinking them. And
wc now stand up for further questions.
Louisville has the measles now, and
expects to have a Good Templars’
Pic Nic the 23d day of May.
We could but notice the improved
appearance of the last issue of the
Jefferson News & Farmer. No paper
in Middle Georgia has better prospects
than the Nows, and wc are glad to sec
that our friends, the Messrs. Roberts,
and our much esteemed brother Smith,
seem to be waking up to a determina
tion to make a paper worthy of the
grand old county in which they are
located. May every success attend
them.
Waynesboro steps forward to the
footlights with a graceful bo\v, and
says she is improving, and will pay as
much for cotton, and sell goods as low
as Macon or Savannah. The Expositor ,
too, under its new regime is looking
up; and we wish it and the town every
success. Old Burke is the place of
our nativity and the home of our child
hood, and it does our heart good to
hear of the prosperity of any of her
enterprises.
A M aeon young man tearing along
the streets in his buggy the other
night, ran against some obstacle and
upset, and the somersaults lie turned
laid the little japanese boys complete
ly in the shade.
Jerry Wooten hails from Camilla,
he is of a warm and loving disposition,
and pretty daughters-in-law are his
weakness. So the other night he left
the wife of his bosom to care for the
pledges of their wedded life, in the
shape of five or six little “previous
conditions of servitude and ’e-loped off
with the eldest daughter of his female
half by a previous marriage, and now
she lias lost all faith in nigger man
kind.
A young man in Louisville had been
out in the country the other day, and
returning toward town after nightfall,
his mule, one of the most uncertain
beasts in the world, went off at a good
lively run on an exploring tour through
the woods, upsetting the buggy, and
throwing the young g-ent out, who fell
on his upper lip, and severely bruised
it as well as his offhand cheek, which
received part of the concussion. He
now e-ays, that for taking the cheek
out of a man, and making him keep
his mouth shut, there is nothing like a
good dose of mule,
Decision Against Cotton Gam
bling.
Montgomery, Ala., April 13.—A
ease was before United States District
Judge Bustoed Saturday on petition
to force a party into bankruptcy. The
party plead that it was illegal censid.
oration, the contract being for cotton
and founded on what is called ‘‘fu
tures.” The Judge instructed the ju
ry that if they believed from the evi
dence there was to be no delivery of
the cotton, defendant had committed
no act of bankruptcy. The jury
brought in a verdict for defendant.
The plaintiffs will appeal to the high
er courts. This involves the whole
question for losses on futures. — Sa.
vannah, News.
Fatal Poisoning—Death of Dr. J.
W . Craig, and Possibly of Judge Thom
as Pullu.m—Three Men Poisoned by
Drinking Aconite—An Appalling Ca
lamity.— one of the most painful ana
horrible calamities ever known in this
city occured last evening, by whicti
the death of one man and the possible
end of another was caused by poison.
About 5i o’clock in the afternoon, Dr
J. W. Craig and Judge Pullum, of the
drug house of Heard, Craig & Cos., of
this city, went into the cellar of their
store for the purpose of taking a drink
of whisky. Iu the basement where
the whisky is kept is also a chemical
labratory, under the management of
Mr. J. F. Jones, formerly of Virginia.
Judge Pullum remarked to Mr. Join a,
that he was feeling badly, and be
lieved he would take a drink. After
the whisky was drawn, Mr. Jones
proposed that by putting a small
quantity, of elixir of orange peel in
the glasses it would taste better, and
the gentlemen assenting, Mr. Jones
then took from his labratory wliat he
supposed was the elixir of orange peel
ar.d ‘‘dashed ’’the drinks. But alas!
the terrible finale proved it to be
aconite, one of the most deadly pois
ons! Mr. Jones took a drink also
with Dr. Craig and Judge Pullum.
In a short while Dr. Craig became vis
bly affected, and the terrible fact,
flashed upon his mind that he had ta
ken poison, lie at once took an emet
ic, and succeeded in vomiting. In the
meantime, Judge Pullum had stepped
out, and the employes of the firm be
came uneasy about him. At this
juncture he came into the store, and
the poisonous draught was having its
effect upon him. Dr. Miller was i;n
me*lint ly-sent for and ha<T him car
ried to his office on Broad street. Dr
Lowe a member of the firm, at this
time took Dr. Craig by the arm, and
the two went to Dr. Craig’s residence
on Marietta street. After arriving
there the symptoms again became
alarming, and Dr. Asher was sent for;
but all efforts proved lutile, and at
half past nine, in great agony Dr.
Craig expired. At 11 o clock, the hour
at which this article is penned, Judge
Pullum is lying at Dr. Miller’s office in
great agony, and not expected to re
cover. Mr. Jones went to his board
ing house to supper, and returned,
lie then complained of feeling the
effects of the poison a- little, and re
turned to his room. We did not learn
whether he was seriously affected or
not. These were about all the impor
tant facts we could gather at so late
an hour. Of course, under the excite
ment which was prevalent, number
less rumors were afloat, of which we
deem it improper to recite. Eye wit
nesses state that Dr. Craig’s suffering
were intense, and the only remark he
made was, “What a horrible death
to die.’ Dr. Craig was a bachelor,
and about fifty years old. Judge
Pullum was formerly of Union Springs
Ala., and has but recently located in
this city. Mr. Jones has been in the
employ of the house since it was es
tablished, and is represented by all
who knew him to be a very nice, clever
man and a fine chemist. This sudden
and terrible affair will cast a gloom
over the whole city to-day. —Atlanta
Sun. I(}th inst.
JONES & BAXTER,
general commission
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