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THE EASTMAN TIMES.
R. S. BURTON, Proprif
H. W. J. HAMTT - . . Editor.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 13, 1873.
What’s the 3iattcr]
Asa citizen of the town of Eastman,
and publisher of a paper, whose duty
ft is to look after each and every inter
est, as well as the general present and
future prosperity of our town and
county, we wish to say a lew words to
our people on a subject the importance
of which every thinking man is at once
obliged to perceive. We refer first to
churches and places of public worship,
and second to schools arid places of
public instruction. Here we have a
town of some four or five hundred in
habitants, embracing among them
Christians of three various denomina
tions, and yet among ail these there is
not a single individual who will move
in the matter of building a church or
house of worship. People may think
they are too poor, that it Would be
folly to think of such a thing, but we
tell you, friends, you make a grand
mistake All that is needed is one
strong, determined, combined effort.—
Go at it, and go with a will ; put your
shoulders individually and collectively
to the wheel ; ask the blessing of an
omnipresent God upon your efforts,
and, our word for it, you will be aston
ished at your own success. There are
those who will aid you ; they only need
to see that you are up and doing your
selves ; that your efforts are determ
ined in that direction, and you will
have all the needed help. A merchant
in your own town who is not a profes
sor, has proffered and is willing to as
sist liberally in the erection of a house
of worship, and yet no one offers him
a chance. In the name of the God you
love, brethren, are you going to sit
quietly down and wait for non-profes
sors to do the work for you, or are you
going to rouse yourselves and be up
and doing like men, to improve your
town, and the moral as well as finan
cial condition of your community ?
Let us beseech you to set about this
work at once.—Procrastination is the
thief of time ! Rouse you from your
lethargy, and let us ere another year
has rolled around hear the hymn of
praise from a grateful people ascend
ing to the throne of Heaven from the
four walls of God’s own sanctuary.—
Our heart and soul is in this work, j
and we are ready with hand and pen,!
time and talent, to aid the enterprise.!
Secondly, as to the school. Nothing !
so much tends to the elevation of the
moral, as well as mental, status of a
community, as a standard institution
of learning. No reason on earth why
you should not have such a one here.
Every requisite of climate, health, and
accessibility point out this as one of
the most desirable places in Georgia
for a high school, and it only remains
for the people of our town to say
whether they will take hold of the mat
ter and build an academy that shall be
an honor to our town, employ a corps
of able teachers, and establish right
here one of the most flourishing board
ing schools in Middle or Southern
Georgia. Fellow-citizens, it can be
done. Will you do it ? Are you men
asleep, or are you men who are up and
doing for the future of your town ?
We are with you heart and soul. Let
ns hear from you. Give us your opin
ions. Meet together and discuss the
subject. Be up and doing, for in these
days ’tie energy and vim that wins,
while Careless indifference finds its
proper level in the obscurity of the
gutter.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
The citizens of Dodge are hereby
notified that the County Board of Edu
cation from the data on hand, conclude
that the following sub. districts are
entitled to schools as follows ; viz :
Eastman, 1 white and 1 colored ; Lees,
4 white and 1 colored ; Eddins, 2 white
and 1 colored ; Mitchell’s, 1 white and
1 colored ; Bond Town, 2 white and 1
colored ; Rawlin’s, 2 white.
In accordance with this statement
you arc respectfully requested to send
as many delegates from each of the
above named districts as you are en
titled to schools, to meet and confer
with the County Board.at this plate
on Friday, the 22d hist., at 10 o’clock
a. m., as to the locality of school-hous
es, and for other purposes connected
with the school interest, furnishing
your representatives with such infor
mation as may tend to assist the
County Board in giving all an equal
share in the rights and benefits of the
school fund. Your attention to this
matter will not only give op
portunity of deciding t r yourselves
many questions ot vast importance
respecting the education of vonr chil
dren, but save several dollars to the
school fund that would necessarily
have to be expanded for the services
of the County School Commissioner
for obtaining* the information you youi
sclves can so easily give, with little
individual expense and loss of time.
By order of County Board.
Jas. Bishop, See'y.
Auer. 8, 1873.
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Do You Sec Anything Verdant?
A week or two since we received
two advertisements from S. M. Petten
gil & Cos., New York, covering about
one-half a column of our paper, togeth
er with fifty-two local notices, one to
be inserted each week, and the adver
tisement, to be inserted alternately for
one year, for which he offers us the
magnificent sum of eighteen dollars,
minus 25 per cent, commissions, of
cosrse. Fur a piece of clear cheek,
this perhaps, eclipses in its magni
tude anything we esyer saw. Swin
dle is written upon its very facet lie
makes a contract with each or these
two advertisers to insert his adver
tisement weekly in so many papers,
has it inserted semi-monthly , makes
each pay for weekly insertion, at regu
lar rates gets the paper to do all of it
for less than a third of the regular
rates, and pockets the wide margin.
Then, in all probability, he cheats the
poor publisher out of his entire bill,
and thus like the miller, Takes all the
corn and swears to the sack.’ It’s
rather thin, Messrs. P. & Cos. We
can’t see, it especially as some of our
near cotemporaries complain already
of being swindled by you. Y\ r e don’t
deal with advertising agents, and if
we did, would deal with a responsible
concern, like Geo. P. Rowell & Cos.,
who are honest, if they drive hard
bargains. What ever they promise,
you will get, but still their profit is
too large, and hence we do little bus
iness for them even: yet they are pat
ronized by many pSpers of solid worth,
and never a breath against their
promptness in paying bills. But neith
er for them nor Messrs. P. Cos., do we
insert advertisements under our rates,
and it will be folly to make us any
such propositions.
Slow 15. Broke the Pig Froio
Ilia Garden.
One of our citizens has been troubled ;
for some time past with a hungry j
and persevering infantile swine that!
persisted in making a dirt auger j
of his nose, and boring into the gar-j
den of the aforesaid citizen. One;
morning last week, just at break of,
day, B. heard the familiar aurnch of,
that porker in the sacred precincts of j.
the tomato bed, and drawing on his !
slippers, without waiting to change
his night-shirt for more elaborate
adormngs, he wont for to investigate
the aforesaid piggy. Coming upon
him in the act of uprooting* his choicest
squash vine, having squashed all the
fruit, his ire was aroused. lie asked
the porker why he was here? and if
so how much. Piggy gave a digni
fied grunt and went on with his work
as much as to say This is business, old
boss.” Then B got him some switches
and by dint of signs made known to
Cue festive porker his desire for a foot
race. Porker saw it and went two
(legs3 better, B. found some difficulty j
; in keeping up, and porker would not
i see the hole he came in at. Finally
when about out of breath, and in the
worst humor imaginable, B. cornered
P. and
‘■Dire was the contest for freedom
And the struggle for independence.”
B. used his swithces, and P. rent the
morning air with his yells. Finally
B. stumbled over the garden rake, and
fell on the tomato bed, consequence,
spoiled tomatoes and dirty shirt, with
more desire than ever to investigate
that pig. Piggy was amusing him
self trotting up and down on the far
ther side of the garden from his hole,
and communing with himself, B. went
for hiufT Another race. A second
capture. More switching and in
creased squeal. B. stopped, his heart
relented, for his hold on P : s narative
was slipping” He tightened his grip,
and enquired if P. had any brothers
; and sisters, and if so, to tell them of
this, and advise them not to interfere
with Ms garden. By this time, the
sun was up, and B. happening to sp3 r
the young lady who lives next door,
enjoying herself through a crack in
! the paling at the show inside, he con
i eluded to close the entertainment for
I the day. He tossed P. over the fence
; with an exclamation which sounded
j like “now go, slam you,” and walked
| into the house with a calm and haugh
| ty dignity. —Danbury Nev.'s.
The Quitman Banner
is now an illustrated weekly. Mcln
tosh last week gave a pictorial de
scription of his future aspirations
His Int; ile 1, usi nv iby a handsome
lithograph engraving, is 0.. e Miss. Lu
cinda Delilah Sine, now in the gift
business, having given him her heart,
and, supposed to be worth fifty thou
sand. He'is negotiating for the pur
chase of a hotel, the picture of which
he gives, but lest he should fail, he
has laid in a supply of ‘sashes, blinds
and windows/ which show off to
much advantage in the sixth column
of liis fourth page, lie already has
the ‘stove/ and gives the cut of a
nice pair of cheeked pants and fro .A
coat, Price and all, together wit th e
‘rail road train,’ which is. to take
him to Cincinnati, the place of his fair
one’s abode, and the toilet articles
which to further beautify his already
handsome complexion. The only thing
which mars the beauty of his illustra
tion is a large snake with seven heads,
intended we suppose, t> represent
trouble, enemies und'disea/oR, out he J
gives a shout of victory and arming
himself with a copy of the “Land and
Law Advisor” an l Sim lioas Liv er
Regulator, he gives as a finale the
picture of a coffin in which he is to
be buried, and thus winds up this re
ally talented production.
The Great Merchant Breaking
Down.
Though Alexander T S ewart has
gone abroad ostensibly on business,
the real purpose of Iris voyage is
said to be his health, vvnich continues
very precarious. He has by no means
recovered from his late attack, and
there is doubt if he ever will. He has
been so vigorous in the past that he
does not quite comprehend the change
in his system. He was averse to go
ing to Europe this summer, and w >u!d
not have gone if liis physicians had
not told 1 im the journey was absolute
ly essential to liis health. Before sail
ing, he put all his worldly affairs into
shape, exactly as if he had no idea
of returning*. His wife (she does not
usually go with him,) liis legal ad vis
er, ex- Judge Hilton, and his private
physician accompanied the mi’lioniare.
Many persons here think the merchant
will not live to return to these shores
He is now 70;be has physical troubles
that generally prove tatl t<> men
much Younger, and he has overworked
for the last half-century. His pros
pects certainly are not brilliant for
many more years. Persons ol ios tem
perament and constitution, when they
begin to break, generally go fast,
and there is no reason to believe Stew
art will prove an exception.— Letter
from New York.
GEOBGIA HEWS.
Johannes, an “on the wing” corres
pondent of the Sandersvillo Herald ,
giving an account of his trip down
the Macon & Brunswick Railroad has
this to say of our town and paper.
Passed many towns en-route that
showed signs of business, and among
them the town of Eastman from where
the “Eastman Times” emulates, load
ed with, brimful, good wholesome and
spicy news. It is a thnying place,
contains many line buidings, both
public and private, and pleasantly
located.
The Sandersvillo Herald has seen
a stalk of com which bore two ears
of corn at the usual altitude, and two
more on top—and it forgot to add, a
peek of shelled corn scattered about
in the ground at its roots.
Washington county has five granges
of the Patrons of Husbandry, and still
the epidemic continues to spread.
An apology for a. mistake in the
date on their outside, was the only
available item which we coved find in
the Blackshear Georgian for lasi
week.
Quitman goes it strong on the pow
er of corporations, and taxes all her
dogs, and says that her little b.>3 r s
must lower their kites, and pocket
their sling-shots or they will be slung
higher any of their kites now
soar.
‘Peneilgrams’ is the latest evidence
of the enterprising novelty of the At
lanta dailies in the way of headings.
The Constitution is the proprietor of
the bantling:.
An Atlanta youth who endeavored
to pour sweetened words of tender
loyalty into the ear of his tail* one,
while riding in the street car, was
much worried because eke would
talk out loud in her replies to his ten
der declarations.
Atlanta fans herself quite vigorous
ly, and wants to know if she can’t
have a good cool shady city park.
We hadn’t thou edit of it before, but
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so far as we tire concerned we are wil
ling that she should do so.
Ihe wife of a colored inoke near
Columbus, attempted to elope, and
.the citiizcu came out and affectionate
ly implored her to Stop, with a double
barreled gain. She dropped the e.
and just simply doped, and the speed
of that lope laid an ordinary Indian
pony completely in the shade. Tin
exhibition of a handful of shot, picked
out, of her person on the side opposite
her face, procured her a warrant, and
now her leige lord reposes in jail.
The originality of some country edi
tors is simply wonderful, as evinced
by an item in the last Central Geor
gian, in which it is stated that Mr.
Woods, of the Hawkinsville Dispatch,
was in that city (Sandersville) a few,
days before, making arrangements to
enlarge his paper. It somehow strikes
us that the item was from a Savannah
paper.
negro woman living in Mon
roe county gives her views on making
►cotton. She tells Bill Stoue: T)ey
way dey use to make cotton in my
days was wid a plenty o’ hickory
Dey didn’t need no juanner den. An
il you will just gib me a few niggers
and a good hick’ry now, I kin make
any of dis land about here fetch good
cotton, dat will beat any of your ju
anner
Forsyth has twenty-two paupers.
The Monroe Advertiser says there
have been fewer laws made in that
county for the collection of ante hel
ium debts than any county in the
State. A fact which speaks well for
the honesty of their people.
Christian, of the Thornasville Times
says, if you take foilr babies and
shuffle them up, he can’t tell one from
the other. Never mind Chris, in the
far-off future if nothing happens, you
will know tiie difference between Jo
siah and Jerusha, by their voices,
even.
It is stated in the Eastman Times
that R. S. Burton has been elected
leader of the ‘•Twilight Serenaders.”
Well, we never dreampt that there
was any music about Bob more than
the resemblance of his legs to a violin
bow. —South Georgia Times.
Oh yes, he plays the fiddle, and re
members the time, when it would
have done your soul good to see him
draw that bow of his—we ref r to the
time when you tied your legs in a j
double bowknot, in a frantic attemp' j
to cut the double shuffla, with thai !
fat girl in the checked homespun
dress, at a certiaiu place we won’t
name
DEALER IN
GENERAL Sv?ERGHANB!§£,
Keeps constantly on hand a choice and well
selected stock of
DRYGOODS
CLOTHING ,
8001 Sand SHOES,
HATS dr.
Also a full assortment of
GROCERIES,
Consisting in part of
FLOUR,
LIQUORS,
TOBACCO,
SUGAR,
COFFEE,
RICE,
SOAP, ■
&(\
All of which he proposes to sell at a
SMALL PEOFIT,'
As his motto is,
“Live ami Let Live.”
Call and see him before purchasing
elsewhere.
1-tl.
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3T O JEi
OF ALL DESCRIPTION
TO THE
"TIMES” OJEWUEIZ.
J. EUGENE HICKS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Mount Yemor). Montgomery Cos., Go
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News; W. G. Yfhidby, City; N. P. T. Finch,
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For best acre of clover hay $ 50
For best acre of lucerne hay 50
For best acre of native grass 50
For best acre of pea vine hay 50
For best acre of corn forage oO |
For largest yield ol Southern cane, on acre 50
For best and largest display garden vege
tables 50
For largest yield upland cotton, one ;cre 200
For best crop 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 tii* pupils of one school or 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, by a lady of Georgia
For handsomest set of Mouclioir case’ glove
box and pin-cushion made bv a lady
of Georgia 50
For best half dozen pairs of cotton socks,
knit by a lady over fifty years of age, in
Georgia (gold). 25
For the finest and largest displ iy of female
handicraft, embracing needlework, em
embroidery, knitting. crocheting, rais
ed work etc by one lady 100
For the best combination home 100
For the best saddle Lore* 100
For the best style harness horse - 100
For the finest and best matched double
team 100
For the best stallion with ten of his colts
by hi* side 2(50
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 fowls 100
For the best bushel of corn 25
For the best bushel of peas 25
For the best bushel of wheat 25
For the bast bushel of sweet potatoes.... 25
For the bast bushel of Irish potatoes .... 25
For the best fifty stalks of sugar cane. ... 50
Fox the best result on one'acre in any
forage crop : 150
For the hugest yield of corn on one acre.. 100
For the hugest yield of wheat on one-uere DO
For the largest yield of oats on one H cre. . ,<>
V oi >ue hugest yield ot rye on ac.e _-q
for the best result on one acre, in atiy
cereal crop J oqq
For the bast display made on the grounds!
by any dry goods merchant jqq
hor the best display made by any grocery
merchant j
For the largest and best display of given
_ house pi nts, by one person or firm. jqq
ior the best t rass band, not less than ten
performers
i (and s*o extra per day tor their music.)
j For the best Georgia plow stock ■>-
I For the best Georgia made wagon .two
I horse -q
| For the best Georgia made cart 2b
; For best stallion four years old or more 40
i For best preserved horse over 20 years old 9b
I For best Alderney bull J
j For best Devon bull ~
l a. or best collection ol table apples grown
j in North Georgia ~
j For best collection of table apples grown
in Middle Georgia 0
fiEQA-m; “°
Race one mile down stremn on Ocmulgee i\l\-
ci, under the rules ol tile Regatta Associ, tic 1
ol Macon.
For the fastest four-oared shell bout, race
open to the world
tor the fastest double-scull shell boat r, ~
open to the world ’ ' r ,
For the fastest''single-scull slicll bot, r e-'
open to the world ~
For the fastest four-oared canoe boafi race
j open to the world “ r (J
G*} Ctinoe is meant a boat hewn from a
I I ' it:U)U t wash-boards or other t iditl ms.
I The usual entry fee of ten p r cent. * will 1 a
I purged for the Regatta premiums.
I MILITARY company.
j lor tael>estdrilled v.>l unteermilitary com
pany ot not less than forty members,
j rank and file, open to the world $750
; At least five entries required.
RACES.
PURSE ONE S3OO.
nor I rotting Horses—Georgia raised; mile
heats best two in three.
Ist horse to receive
2d horse to receive "V -
j3d horse to receive ..!. . . 25
ruESE two—s4so.
For Trotting Horses that have never beaten
2:40; mile heats, best two in three.
Ist horse to receive S3OO
2d horse to receive ioq
3d horse to receive 50
PUKSE THEE fc, — sos<).
For Trotting Horses—open to th.e world; mile
heats, best three in five.
Ist horse to receive *SOO
2d horse to receive lUO
3d horse to receive. * 50
PUKSE FOtfK—s3so.
For Running Horses— open to the world; two
iniia heats, best in three.
Ist horse to receive *250
2d horse to receive 100
PURSE FIVE— S.3OO
For Running Horses—open to the world; two
mile heats, best two in three.
Ist horse to receive 3f(j
| PURSE six—ssoo
For Running Hones—open to the world; three
mile heats, best two in three.
Ist horse to receive SSOO
The above Premiums will be contested for
under the rules of the Turf. The usual entry
fee of 10 per cent, on the amount of the parse
v. ill be charged.
COUNTY EXHIBITIONS.
1. To the county which (through its So
ciety or Clubs shall furnish the larg
est and finest display, in rr vs and
variety, of sioek, pi- acts anti re
evll- <>l‘ li-uac iiuliifUi-iac, :A1
produced or manumetur- 1 in the
county SIOOO
2. Secpi ;l do 500
3. Third best do 3h
L Fourth best do 2UO
Entriej to bo ms-.de at the August Conven
tion in HtheiiS.
Articles cniuributcd to the County Exhibi
tions c:.n si,-,o compete ior specific pruiuiun:;
in the Rrcmium List; tor instance, a farmer
may contribute to the Exhibition of hr county
a bushvl ol Bread Corn, he can then enter it,
individu dly, ior premium 1 11.
rnmmiummm
Will lie sold before the Court House door
in the town of Eastman, on the first Tu.- <1 y
in September n, xt the following pr- peffy, fi -
wit: One lot of land No. 22 , in tin 1 th .
and No. 280 in the 10th clist. o Dodge coirs ty
Levied on as the property ox J. C. Ab.mid,
satisiy one Justice Court ti la issued aom
disk, J. M., ol Talbot county, in favor - ■
Elkin, vs, said Mauud. IToperty poiale i 0
by the plaintiff. Is vy made and r .-turnni
me by J. D. Mc.Cormick, Constable, this jut.
ILtli, 187-J.
JORDAN BROWN,
Sheriff.
Aug. Gth, 1873-tds.
(Formerly SPOTSWOOD),
NEARLY OPPOSITE PASSENGER DEPOT
BOAED $3,00 PEE DAY,
This Hou.se has been thoroughly rm -
vs.ted lrom basement to attic.
P. WHELAN, Proprietor^
GEORGIA —D<sHge County.
Whereas G. T.-Walker applies tome Lr set
ting apart a Homestead and Ex mption ol •• -
sons.lev, and I will jx.ss upon the s.un=‘ I:
office on Thursday, the 11th ds-y ot . f(-'-
next, at 10 o'clock a. m. f ,
Given under rnv hand and seal of omo
Aug. 2d, 1873. " J. J. Rozar, Ordinal;-
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