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THE EASTMAN TIMES.
R, S. BURTON, - Proprietor.
H. W. I HAH j. Editor,
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 6, 1873..
I* ET IlilVY.
FLYING TRIP TO JEFFERSON
Anniversary, Cekbmiion and
1 ic Nic of tin* Ma Hedge
Murphy Lodge,
I. O. <3. T.
Oratory, Hilarity anil Mirth,
Last Thursday evening,'’'leaving the
Eastman Times to battle against hard
times as best it might for the time be
ing-, wo boarded the M. & f>. tram and
took our departure from this immediate
bailiwick, intent upon visiting once
again the home of former days, around
which cluster so many happy memo
ries, and the sight of which dear old
spot, calls up so many pleasant remin
iscences of the happy .past. Passing
Friday in Macon, uvdev table
yoof of mine host of
tel, the evening found us rumbling
over the C. R. R. on our way to our
destination. Twelve o'clock found us
under the hospitable roof of our ever
clever friend, Capt. Eli McCroan, and
speedily seeking our ‘little bed/ while
a delicious home feeling pervaded our
drowsy senses, old morpheus stole
away our waking thoughts, only to
till their place, with happy dreams,
prophetic somewhat, of the corning en
joyment of the morrow.
SATURDAY MORNING
dawned beautiful arid clear as an
Italian sunset; and just as we rose,
with our thoughts intent upon the
poety-inspiring loveliness of Nature’s
morning toilette, of dew-bespangled
flowers, they were rapidly and effect
ually recalled to earth, and things
mundane, by a savory odor stealing
across the adjacent lull, from a certain
pit, used as an altar whereon to offer
up sacrifices of swine and bovine to
tfe unprop i dated idol of man’s epicu
rean taste. To reduce all this to plain
English, it means that we smelt bar
becue, and, of course, after that sleep
was out of the question, and hastily
donning our most elaborate Dickey
and trowsers, we partook of a delight
ful breakfast and sallied forth.
By eleven o’clock the grounds were
overflowing with the beauty and fash
ion of old Jefferson. Louisville, Bar-
TT" -|! ii*' contrib
uted their choicest specimens of ore tty
girls and courtly gentlemen, and the
seen® one of the liveliest that can
bo imagined. Old kdies sat under
the largo old oaks, discussing garden
truck, and the latest remedy for chick
en old gents smoked, and
complained of hard times; young gen
tleman, in all the glory of silk beavers
and matchless flitting swallow-tails
and kids, complacently curled the ends
of their waxed moustaches, and ogled
the girls in the distance, while a few
couples sought the seclusion of distant
buggies and carriages, and- talked of
love, and sich.
The crowd all the while continued
to increase, and by twelve o’clock
there must have been at least live
hundred persons on the ground. The
Good Templars repaired to their Hall,
together with their visiting brethren
and sisters of the Russell Johnson and
Louisville Lodges, from whence they
marched in procession to the Church,
to listen to addresses from Rev. 0. C.
Pope, Windsor F. Johnson and ex Gov
ernor Herschel V. Johnson. From the
applause which sounded at intervals
from the building wo judge the ad
dresses were highly appreciated by
the large audience, and exceedingly
regret that the house was too crowd
ed for us to get in to hear them. In
a short time dinner was announced,
and it is sufficient to say of it that it
was gotten up' in the st3 T le for which
Bethany is so famous. Everything
passed off most pleasantly, and when
the crowd commenced to break up in
the evening, we are satisfied every
one went away carrying happy re
membrances of this truly delightful
occasion. Passing Sunday in this de
lightful village, we had the pleasure
of attending the closing one of a series
of meetings, wdich has been blessed
with the addition of over forty mem
bers to the churches there; and on
Sunday evening bidding a reluctant
adieu to those who had rendered our
stay so agreeable, we left for home.—
To our many friends, whom it h use
less to name, we are under renewed
obligations for the many kindnesses
which rendered our stay so pleasant,
and hope soon to meet them again un
der ;<■ pleasant eiremns*
Ike Prayer Meeting.
! w e are glad to be able to announce
that our prayer meeting lias been
again opened on each Wednesdays
and Sunday nights, and we wish in
this connection to speak a word or
two to our citizens on this truH im
portant subject. In our town we have
quite a goodly number of professed
Christians, men and women who have
professed to turn their backs on the
things of the world and take up the
cross of the meek and lowly Saviour,
to foliow his bloody footprints to a
land of joy and light, and yet, strange
to say, only three or four of those who
are described as the salt of the earth
could be found at our prayer meeting
on last Wednesday night. How any
man or woman who professes to love
the cause of Christ, can sit quietly
down at home and fold their hands
amid the sad ruins of Sin and Satan
on every side, those whom they love
going daily down the broad road to
ruin, and the cause of Zion languish
ing for want of grace from on high,
and not be willing to come out and
■Offer up key which unlocks
brings down blessings upon God’s
creatures, is a mystery to us. Cer
tainly they do not feel the responsibil
ity which rests upon them, as profes
sors of religion; surely th ydo not re
member that their incomings and out
goings are watched by those who look
to them for n example of moral
ity and devotion to their religion,
else they would not thus maintain this
freezing apathy that is as the grasp
of a monster, dealing death to the
cause they profess to love. How can
we expect to benefit those around us,
or how can we expect that the unpro
fessing part of the co nmun t will be
come interested when we ourselves
show so little interest in Heavenly
things. Brethren, friends, come out
and help us; show by your presence
that you appreciate our efforts, and in
secret pray for success to crown them,
and God, who seeth in re
ward you openly.
Plain Talk.
The Grangers are refreshingly plain
in their resolutions. There is no ma
chine ring about the following, passed
by a farmers meeting held at Clifton,
111.:
“Resolved, That we believe a thief
should be called a thief, without re
gard to social or political standing,
and we characterize the recent salary
grab by our Congress and President
a9 no better than a steal.”
Nor is there any ambiguity in the
following mott< es inscribed on the
banners of the farmers who celebrated
Independence Day at Lanark, in Curoil
county, 111.:
“No more Repblieans! No more
Democrats ! We want and must
have honest men to fill public posi
tions.”
“Salary grabbers, hunt your holes!”
Salary of our Congressmen, one
hundred bushels of corn a day. Poor
fellow!”
They might have added that the
salary of President Grant is over six
hundred bushels of corn a day, with
house, fuel, lights, stables and grounds
free. Poor fellow!— N. Y. Sun.
A Western administration journal
has made the discovery that the plat,
form of the recent Minnesota Republi
can Convention meets the demand of
the farmers exactly, and hence the
latter can find an excellent place to
fight in the ranks of that party. That
hook is a 1 .tie too lu iglingly baited
to catch the farmers. Besides there
is an important lack in the platform.
To be 3iire it does not indorse the
present administration—a significant
oversight winch also characterized the
Maine and lowa platforms—but in all
of the farmer’s platforms there is a
severe censure of the President for
signing the salary bill, and they will
look in vain for that in the Minnesota
platform.— N. Y. Tribune.
A writer who ought to know, be
cause if he don’t lie has no business
talking about it, says: Girls love their
own stockings better than any arti
cle of dress, although they are the
least appreciated. Sitting in their
own rooms, they will discuss them for
hours. There is a sense of elevation
and calm superiority in wearing a
fine, unbleached Bal-briggan that
nothing" else can give, tnis seems the
greater from the fact that no one is
any wiser; it partakes of the attidude
of stern devotion to principle, and
bears proportionate fruit. A dainty
clocked stocking above a trim slipper
induces real repose of soul, and half
the charms of croquet lie in the se
cret consciousness of striped stock
' ings,
GEORGIA NEWS.
The Thomasville Times announces,
in sober earnest, that it lias seen a
well-developed chicken, with four legs,
three eyes, oue body and one head.—
Decidedly “well-developed,” we should
say. Yea, and verily dost thou pre
tend to be a Christian , and yet tell
such things to a sensible c immunity.
Macon is jubilant over a seventy
live pound pumpkin which has been
reared in Central City Park, and henqp
is the property of the city. Of course,
Huff has it in charge.
Stone, of the Forsyth Adveiiiser ,
says: “Col. Ham, of Eastman, Dodge
by virtue of his superior mu
sical talent, has been elected Secretary
of the ‘Twilight Serenaders.’ ”
Hold up, Stone; two mistakes in
that short item. We are not a Col
onel, and was not elected on the score
of musical ability, but because we
were less in the way iu that position
than any other.
Mr. Smith, of Macon, (of course,
that iy a sufficient description for ev
ery one to know him’l has written, &
He ’•gtiiy ani.r t/fe
Telegraph & Messenger, upon the poetic
subject of‘A bat in the house.’ The
feeling manner in which he speaks of
i f , and the correct knowledge he dis
plays of all the incidents connected
with sucli a circumstance, would lead
one to believe that lie ‘knows how’tis
himself.’
A man who is suspected of having
committed a murder in DeKalb county,
in the year 1866, has just been arrest
ed in South Carolina, under a requisi
tion from Gov. Smith, and lodged in
the Atlanta jail to await his trial.
The Thomasville Times rejoices in a
new sign, which it modestly says, ‘is
the largest and handsomest ever put
up in that town.’
A Macon young man has come to
grief on the serenade question lie
employed a negro boy and a
con to serenade his future gladness,
and by mistake gave him a $2.50 gold
piece instead of a silver dime. And
now lie can’t find the musical manu
mit, and Ins dulcinea says she never
heard the music.
The Atlanta Herald says it will be
one year old the 22J of August, and
tout it only makes the statement so
early in order that its lady friends
may get up the refreshments which
they will expect on that occasion.—
And does the live Herald <mlv feed
once a year ? ‘ '
The feathered denizen of the rarial
elements, who does i*p the “Bird’s-eye
View of Matters and Things” for the
Albany Hews, is now airing his wings
and sunning his carcass in the clas
sic vicinity of Cumberland Island.
Sandersvtlle gives a crow of delight
at the fact that she has anew hack
and a spanking pair of horses on the
line between that town and No. 13. j
Astonishing how people’s desires tone i
down. A few months ago nothing]
short of a railroad would satisfy her
cravings.
An Albany canine foolishly snapped
at the muzzle of a gun the other day,
while the marshal played with the
trigger; and now the places whieii
knew him once shall know him no
more forever.
A Savannah doctor had a slight
misunderstanding, with his horse the
other evening, and went home on a
shutter and sent the man of all work
out with a handle uasket to bring in
the buggy.
The Louisulle minstrel and dramat
ic club have given their first enter
tainment.
Bain bridge has had an attempted
assasination of the most atrocious na
ture. Fortunately no fatal hurt was
received by the intended victim.
The Atlanta Constitution, with its
ten editors, is responsible for the
statement that a near-sighted hen mis
took a pile of saw dust for oat meal,
eat it up, laid a nest full of bureau
knobs, set cm them three weeks, and
hatched out a complete set of parlor
furniture.
Brunswick is the proprietor of a
young hopeful who, when his mother
told him to be a good boy and God
would love him, wanted to know if he
was very good, if God would let him
shoot his big gun in heaven on rainy
days
The Perry Home Journal says that
Judge Roundtree, has a round row of
cotton running around a round pond,
in the centre of a round field which it
takes forty miles of round plowing to
go around. Aud in the round trip
the plowman turns around „only one
th*'
...
Col. L. i\ Grant ha** resigned his
position as President of the Georgia
Western Railroad, and Col. G W.
Adair, of Atlanta, succeeds him.
Postal Law' Anomaly.— —The new
postal card law of this country is
decidedly queer, and partakes not a
little of the Hihernianistn commonly
known as an Irish hull. Even the in
genuity of the celebrated Rollins, the
original—and executive—Commission
er of Internal Revenue, would be task
ed to interpret it.
The law says that any person who
shall read a postal card, not addressed
to him, shall be construed to have
cofnmittea the same offense as though
he had broken open a letter; and near
ly at the same breath, the law pro
hibits the transmission ot postal cards
containing any obscene or disloyal
sentiments, figures, pictures, etc.
Now the question quite naturally
arises: Does the department employ
a necromancer, or double sighted per
son, that it may detect a violation of
one part of the law, Without violating
iUelf the
have to be
Ireard from Wore this extraordinary
problem is solved.— Telegraph k Mes
senger.
An Extraordinary Butterflz.—ln
this city there is a physician who has
won considerable fame from the sue
f'Hv.
eessful cures lie has made both in
'medicine and surgery For some
years past, the doctor says, whenever
of lis patients dies, no matter
where he is, what time of day or
night, a small white butterfly comes
directly to him, and flits about until
it has attracted his notice, when it de
parts The moment the doctor secs
the little winged messenger of death,
lie is at once made aware of the demise
of his patient; and if at night the
notice comes to him he invariably re
mains in his office in the morning in
or’er v to give a certificate of death.
The first time the doctor ever saw
this butterfly was a few years ago,
while he was looking at the body of a
dead child, which was very dear to
him, and' the butterfly alighted on
the breast of the child and there re
mained slowly raising its wings up
and down, until the body was closed
up in its little coffin.
A few evenings since, while the doc
tor was attending a patient in Clark
place, the butterfly entered the win
dow and commenced flitting around
the doctorfe head; be tookvU Up* at it,
and one <*f the ladies in the room
thinking *+ '*..i.ved him. said, “Oh,
leave it alone; it will soon burn its i
wings by the blaze of the gas.’ 7
it won’t; 7 replied the doctor; it has
come on a mission and will soon dis
appear. I have just lost a patient,
and in the evening i shad be ea.led
upon for a eertficate of death.’ 7 Sum
enough, the next morning the father
of the child that had died the night
before, called on the doctor and noti
fied him of the loss of his little on •
This is only one of the in.<ny instanc* s
where the doctor has mcived th.s
strange visitation, and kept a recur I
of the circumstances, besides that ->S
calling the attention of those presen.
to the fact of the buttterfly warning
*
of death among his patients. —Jersey
City Journal.
Deatli of Col. W. K. de Graffeis
reid.
We are pained to announce that
Col. William K. do Graleureid, oi
this city, expired at his residence
about midday yesterday, after a long
struggle with a complication of dis
orders which have more or less crip
pled his energies for several years.
Deceased was perhaps as extensively
known as any man in the State—
having long occupied a distinguished
position at the bar—actively interest
ed in leading public and political
movements for many years, and al
ways remarkable lor his social quali
fications, and his urbane and popular
manners. We think he was about
fifty years old, and he leaves a widow
and two children, who enlist the heart
iest sympathies of the community in
their great bereavment.
The funeral will take place at three
o’clock this evening. A meeting of
the Bur of Macon is called at the
Court-house pr miptly at 10 o’clock this
morning, to arrange for the obsequies.
Telegraph & Messenger, 2 d inst.
Mellonville, Fla., had a public meet
ing the other day to build a church
and secure a pastor, and the generous
public subscribed $7. The Cornier
Journal remarks that seven is a sa
cred number, in the opinion of some
learned people. Probably the number
most sacred in the eyes of the Mellon
ville people is number c/'ie,
At (iadsen, Alabama, last week du
ring the session of the Chancery court,
Miss N. C. Stewart applied for li
cense to practice law. She was ex
amined as to her qualifications by
Cols. Martin, Aiken, ex-Clmncellor
Fostei, Capt. Cunningham and J. H.
Disque, who reported that she was
incompetent. Then came the tug of
war. She got wrathy, and said it
was nothing more than-she expected;
accused the Court and Bar of robbing
her, and called them a band of rob
bers. The Chancellor ordered the
Sheriff to put her out of the Court
room, for contempt of Court, and she
replied that she had the right to speak.
Ihe Slier,ff started to take her out, but
she declined to be escorted. The
Chancellor then allowed her te remain
it she would keep qu et; otherwise, he
would have her put in jail. She sub
sided.
C/Esarism. i’i.e New Yrk Journal’
of Commerce concludes a sedate, but
well considered article on “Caesarism,”
as follows: The question will keep,
and we shelve it for the present. Jl
f lesideut Grant or his personal
friends, or the politicians who have
linked their fortunes with his, would
like to have it discussed m 1815-70
they surely canbe accommodated to the
full. Unless we are greatly mistaken
in judging of the drift of public opin
ion they will find, when the time is
ripe,that Caesarism, or the possession of
of office for an indefinite period, through
packed conventions, and the abuse of
power, is one of those things that the
American people will not stand. If
the reverse of this expectation should
be true then indeed, and for the first
time, should we despair of the Repub
lic.
The French Government is not only
sending out young girls from the hos
pitals and .reformatories of Paris to
New Caledonia, but the wives of the
exiled communists are to follow them.
'Have latter go bv merchant steamer,
under an agreement made by the au
thorities, binding die shippers to treat
their passengers.well, and feed them,
better than would be the case on j
hoard a vessel belonging to the navy. ,
The first steamer vy ‘f six him-:
died S to their husbands, who, it is j
to be exnected, will be glad to wel
come 1 them. Seventy-four infants and
many children will be on board. The
v-.yng' will:*.- sevmtv wenrv daws.
Ns w .4 r\ yprf j aon 8 nts.
EXTRACTS rfiC'fl
PREMIUM LIST
—FOR—.
Georgia Stats Pair!
COMMENCING*
October 27th, 1873!
AX —
Central City Park,
MACON, GrA•
For bast acre of clover hay $ 50
For best acre of lucerne hay 50
For best acre of native grtss 50
For best acre o A ’ pea viue hay..... ... 50
For best acre ( f * rn for xge 50
For largest yield ol Southern cane, on acre 50
For best and largest displ iy garden vege
tables 50
For largest yield upl md cotton, one acre 200
For best croj > lot upland short' staple cot
ton not less than five bales 500
For best one bale upland short staple cot
ton (and 25 cents per pound for the bale) 100
For the best oil paintings, by a Georgia
lady -• •••• 100
For the best display of paintings, drawings,
etc by the pup, Is of one school ©r college 100
For the best made silk dress, done by a lady
of Georgia not a dress-maker ...... 50
For best made home-spun dress done by
a lady of Georgia not a dress-maker.... 50
For best piece of tapestry in worsted and
floss by a lady of Georgia 50
For best furnished baby basket and complete
set of infant clothes, bv a lady of Georgia
For handsomest set of Mouchoir case’ glove
box and pin-cushion made bv a lady
of Georgia 50
For best half dozen pairs of cotton socks,
kuit by a lady over fifty years of age, in
Georgia (.gold) 25
For the finest and largest display of female
handicraft, embracing needlework, cm
embroidery, knitting, crocheting, rais
ed work etc by one lady 100
For the best combination horse 100
For the best saddle horse 100
For the best style harness horse ...... 100
For the finest and best matched double
team
For the best stallion with ten of his colts
- by his side ' 250
For the best gelding 250
For the best six-mule team 250
For the best single mule 100
For the best milch cow 100
For the best bull 100
For the best ox team 100
For the best sow with pigs 50
For the largest and finest collection of do
mestic fow'ls 100
For the best bushel of corn 25
For the best bushel of peas 25
For the best bushel of wheat 25
For the best bushel of sweet potatoes.... 25
For the best, bushel of Irish potatoes .... 25
For the best fifty stalks of sugar cane.... 50
For the best result on one acre in any
forage crop 150
For the lajgeyt yield of com on one acre., 100
• For the largest yield of wheat on one 9 ere 50
For the largest yield of oats on one aero S
lor the largest yield of rye on ono ace '
l'ir the best result on one acre, in a uv
cereal crop
For the best display made on the grounds!
by any dry goods merchant.. inn
tor the best display made bv any r™ cprv
merchant * / 6 -
tor the largest and best display of green- * J
house pi uits, by ono person or firm " inn
tor the best brass band, not less than ’ ten
performers .
(and SSO extra per day for their music.)
tor the best Georgia plow stock
F °hora) beSt Ge ° rgia lnude qtwo
For the best Georgia made cart J?
For best stallion lour years old or more'' Jo
v or bast preserved horse over 20 years old
For best Alderney bull
For bast Devon bull S)
For best collection of table applas grown
m North Georgia
For bast collection of Lbla angles' Aown
m Middle Georgia.. * U
RE GAT FA:’
Race on* mile down stream on Ocmulgae Riv
er, under the rules of the it i gi4 tta Worn Lon
oi Maeou.
For the fastest four-oared shell boat, rice
open to the world . ,
For the fastest double-scali shell’ boat, race
open to the world r ( >
For the fastest single-scull sliel’l bot, race
open to tiie world
For the fastest four-oared canoe bo,it r'J
open to the world _ 5 )
| v ßy canoe is meant a boat hewn irom a
log, without wash-boards or other additions
Ihe usual entry tee of ten per cent will be
charged lor the Regatta premiums.
MILITARY COMPANY.
For the best drilled volunteer military com
pany Ol apt less than forty members,
rank and file, open to the world §7SQ
At least five entries required. .
RACES.
PURSE ONE — $300.
For Trotting Horses—Georgia raised; mile
heats best two in three.
Ist horse to receive S°(X)
‘2d horse to receive .. “75
3d horse to receive.... 0-.
*
PURSE TWO— SU>O.
lor I rotting Horses that have never beaten
2:40; mile heats, best two in three.
Ist horse to receive S3U(J
Ld horse to receive 200
3d horse to receive gQ
purse three—s6so. #
For Trotting Horses—open to the world; mile
heats, best three in five.
Ist horse to receive SSOO
2d horse to receive 2(JO
3d horse to receive ’ ’ eo
turse four — $350.
For Running Horses—open to the "orld; two
mile heats, best two in oiree.
Ist horse to receive..... $250
2d horse to receive 200
purse five— s3oo
For Running Horses—open to the world; two
mile heats, best two in three.
Ist horse to receive aaoO
PURSE SIX — £.">OO
For Running Horses —open to the world; three
mile heats, best two in tliree.
Ist horse to receive S3OO
The above Premiums -will be contested tor
under the rules of the Turf. The usual entry
fee of 10 per cent, on the amount of the purse
will be charged.
COUNTY EXHIBITIONS.
1. To the county which (through its So
ciety or Clubs shall furnish the larg
est end finest display, in merit aud
variety, of stock, prodvmts and re
sults oi home industries, all raised,
produced or manufactured in the
3. Second best <Io aOO
3. Third best d0.... 300
4. Fourth best do 200
Entries to be made at the August Conven
tion in Athens,
Articles contrlbihed to the County Lx .-
tions can also com pee for specific premiums
in the Premium List; for instance, a f r eer
miy contribute to the Exkibi ion m his county
a bushel of Bread G*r , he can then enter it,
individu Uy, for premia.a IF.
DOOBE'COUNTY SHERIFF'STaIA
Will be bold before the Court House door
in the town oi Eastman, on the first > at- day
in September next the following pr ax
wit : One lot of laud No. 234, in tee loth u - •
and No. 230 in the 16th diet, o; Lodge co: . /
Levied on as the property oi J. C. nl. . to
satisly one Justice Court ti la issued r ni job
dist. <f. M., oi Talbot county, in favor >l.
Elkin, vs, said Maund. Property p.luted o t
by the plaintiff. Levy made and recur
mi by J. D. McCormick, Constable, tins July
12 i, .873.
JORDAN BROWN,
Sheriff,
Aug. 6th, 1873-tds.
NATIONAL HOTEL,
(Formerly SPOTS WOOD ,
NEARLY OPPOSITE PASSENGER DEPOT
BOAED $3,00 PEE DAY,
fTMf* This House has been thoroughly reno
vated from basement to attic.
P. WHELAN, Proprietor.
GEORGIA—Dodge County.
| Whereas G. T. Walker applies tome for set
ting apart a Homestead and Exemption of ’’er
i sonalty, and I will pass upon the same at my
office on Thursday, the 14th day of August
next, at 10 o’clock a. m.
Given under my hand and seal of office this
Aug. 2d, 1873. J. J. Rozab, Ordinary
£E§. XVXXX.iX-aXtiJEX
DEALER IN
MAHOGANY. WALNUT & PINE
| FUMITTOE,
K>9 and 171 Broughton Street,
(Next to Weeds and Cornwell)
Savannah, Georgia.
Agent for the United States Spring Eed ;
the best Beds ever slept upon,
o
CHAMBER SETS,
AND
LOOKING GLASSES, Etc-, Etc.,
ALWAYS ON HAND.
MATTRESSES made to OK DER.
A largo aio£k of
, Pictnre Frames and Mouldings.
vol 1,, no 1-tf