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DR. H. C. RYAIS,
I ’metieing' Physician
McYILLE, 104 M. & B. R. E., GA.,
Offers his professional services to the citizens
of Montgomery ami Telfair counties.
March 9, 1 V7G~lv.
g 7 B. M A.BRY,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
BAXLE -A
Will practice i-i tin Brunswick, and Oconet
(lircuits. Speceial attention given to real es
tate m.itteis. mearhJO
CJJUTLAND SYMMiS,
Attorney at Daw.
JESUP, GA.
Will practice in all the courts of the counties
comprising the Brunswick Circuit.
ELIAS HERR MAN,
(Utsin7 anJ O.n.mlbr at l*.uv,
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A' li pi'.ctic”' in Hi • counties of the Oconee
a . S . i .uteii ini given to the col
SCp * ’-“'l.'ll
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t;„■* ti t£ $ 3 DA.
I'.irticul it auention pai 1 to the collection <J
•lliias and the ( x,i ni nation o. land titles.
Will pr u:tice u the Superior Courts oi
man..wick and Eastern Circuits; also in the
fcWeial Courts in cases n Bankruptcy, etc.
sept at J- .y
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ATT3SU37
tlljy.
. j)f e i.ee in t:. mi
i • Circuits.
special attention g °
fins.
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lIA\VKINS\ 1 LEE GA
Will practice in counties of Oconee Circuit
and United States Courts of Georgia.
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HENRY" C(JRR£LL.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SbIUE, GEORGIA.
Will practice in the Courts of the Oconee
Circuit, apd iu the IT. S. Courts by special
'contract.
G. J. HOLTON.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
BAXLEY, GA.
Practices in the Counties of Appling, Pierce
Wayue, Coffee, Ware, Glynn, Mclntosh, of
the Brunswick Circuit, and Telfair of the
Ueouee Circuit.
JOSSPHUS CAMP.
ATTORNEY AT LAV/,
SwAlNSltaao, KviA.YLT, (J Ga.
ill practice m the Supremn Court of
Georgia, iu the VJ. S. District Court for Geor*
F lu ftu d in the Superior Courts of the lollow
counties : Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens,
i*y, r.ituall, and Bulloch.
oetl 5 -lv.
JOHN F, DELACY,
Attorney’ at Law,
LtSr . VN, GEORGIA.
' l! practice iu the Counties of
'VTL3OX, MONTGOMERY,
PULA Sivl, TELFAIR, APPLING,
11 F. p. MILLER.
BLITCH Sl miller.
Gener il Dealers iu
GOODS, GROCERIES, WARES and
PLANTATION SUPPLIES.
188 Congress Street, Savannah, Ga.
Consignments of Cotton, Wool, Hides and
, or Products solicited.
Selected' Poetry.
1
God Know* it Ail.
'ln'h - ,i t t is ♦' thv s;)ii t - chamber
h.r ! t -n t.. 0 i m tv’st u it
*f [ ?
i i but rein mb r
. 1 kno.vs it well;
i
A
> s’.; mi j coa-
P n .i.mia o\ s c n see?
*■ : * u * ' IJUl JU *v. • uhout oo .■ s.gu rovealing
iiie deep iv noise that should disquiet thee ?
tiod knows il ail!
Art thou oppressed, and poor and heavy hearted
The Heaven above thee iu thick clouds ar
rayed,
And well-nigh crushed, no eaithly strength
imparted,
No friendly voice to say, “Be not afraid
God knows it all I
Art thou a mourner? Are thy tear-drops
flowing
For one so early lost to earth and thee ?
The depth of grief r.o human spirit knowing;
Which mourns iu secret like the moaning sea;
God knows it all 1
Dost thou look back upon a life of sinning ?
Forward, aud tremble for thy future lot ?
There’s One who sees the end from the begiu
iug;
Thy tear of penitence is nnforgot.
God knows it all!
A
Then go to (iod ! Pour out your heart before
Him,
There is no grief your F; ther cannot feel;
And let your gr.itelul songs of praise adore
lliui - -
To save, forgive, and every wound to heal!
God knows it all!
Origin of .in jNamos of the Differ
ent S cates,
M .li’ 1 lice Veil US Haim- from U>
nil uler, (Jail 1, in lioiior ot Q, avn
il nrietiu after tint Fiem-ii p.ov nc* *-
da in*.
New 1 la. it j/s', ii iv - original iy Tj .c :-
1 a—tr• >tn Haiii|)siiii'o in Engl iml.
Vermont, from Green Mountains, or
i wo Ere ,eli words— vert and
m jhl (mountain.)
' M iss raliu-ctls, limn the Indian laii-
r T' meaning- ‘ilie land witii larga
. il- ’
Rhode 1 - 1 a and, irotu its resemlilauei 1
lo (lie Isbtial ol Rhodes ill the Levant.
<Jniieclivut, from fne Indian Quon
eh la cut, ' e m.e rv- r ’
N• i \, ■ > v‘a i .h i ,ol’ o ! it 1
U ■ ' 1 U, in W ei it was
ented by !rs br- • b* 1 ;- f’ u i JI
j N•• Jr y, ii • '■ t.• 111 i
le , Ssi G
.. Jers
w nich 1
I'
, ' . • . , iileg a. ier Thomas
... re, then .y ern
r oi Virginia.
Maryland in honor oi the spouse ot
Carl I. Queen Henrietta Maria.
Virginia, from the virgin Queen
Elizabeth.
The two Carolinas, in honor of
Carl l.'
‘ Georgia bears the name of George
11.
Florida, the festival of flowers.
Alabama from the Greek, meaning
‘The Land of Rest,’
Louisiana, iu honor of Ludwig
XIV.
Mississippi, from the language of
the Natchez Indians, meaning the
‘Father of Rivers.’
Kansas, an Indian Word-, meaning
‘smoky wateisC
Arkansas, with the French word
‘Ark’—meaning a ‘bow’ or ‘bend' Used
as .a prefix.
Tennessee, Indian for ‘river with
wide* bend ’
Kentucky, corruption of the Indian
Kain ink ac 's mice ot the river.’
Onio. Iroin the Shiwnee tongue
‘Beautiful River.’
Michigan, Iroin the lake ot that
, .11,0, which is also of Indian origin,
lndmua, from Im'ian.
Illinois, composed of the Indian
wold. ‘ltlini: piiiplu, * 1 tliu rrenc'i
tenni.iatioii ‘oi*,’ to S .-ther meanmg
•source ot tlie Fooplo.'
Wisconsin, Indian lor a wild pleas
ant canal. .
Missouri, likewise Indian, sigmly
ing ‘dirty,’ describing the turbidity ol
the stream.
luwa, and Indian word— >b ' r
Minnesota, ‘Cloudy Waters.’
EASTMAN. DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA. OCTOBER 19. 1876.
Statement of John W. Griffin Oon
eluded.
I now proceed to Mim Up the ehui g
•*s e *ut lined ami r*‘ rr <! t<> in u:\
paid Am! i.m > :
Ihe .lurk tli it made tlies? charges
;l iiS * n;e tJhiyt *ti (Tiemerts, and
u' b*.iind !iiin ii>t tod;
• u " t ifirst muu
a u and sa ,and elm rues i’L >
and g aimy -,v.uM go to Atl n ind
take snufl with F. M. Jack (ut ihmr
own niantUaeture) in*d rvlieu rr
tnrned to Telfair tliere was .i ,-e! ol
litth* J.ieks that Would snerz* 1 fi.r him.
The only and great secret in all their
ciiaiges was their foul names, and tin
reason tln-y did not want their naim-s
lo circulate as the authors of their
false slanders was they knew that *!iey
were not telling the truth and they
would he held responsible and <*xpose<!
and this they were too cowardly to
'.licet in any honorable shape. His
motive first in circulating the charges
secretly m 1870 was maSicinits envy
ami a desire to appear a very knowing
old Jack as he always tries to appear.
But aft.r Clayton Clements accom
panied me to where I was raised hr
quieted down as still as dead moils'
until .873 or 71, alter a nuinb.-r u!
suits vvere eommenced by me as agi-nt
by wide i a considerable amount ot
pp-judice was engcndi-i ed against
my ,• 11 and the Cos npauv ill at I ivprc
srnt.. I hen it 'v■,>s ih it m enlarg-ai
iis eiia rg s, a i WCii h : .V.*11 ku >Wn
ol i r 'eat sk; ii •, g a anew bis pri
vai<- iyoig, ii rung by tint means to
m uni Ac in re souk 1 polite al popularity
-.nit ol tin prejuiun- tons ('iigimdt'p’d.
Next in IST-) be w’ent to M\\ A. (x. F.
Dodge an ! i.iloi-i.ih’d him tu..t all tin
tiauihle of tlie Coiiuutgiy grew out ol
tliei • having such a had man as agent,
and when iie relumed to Telfair again
h m-ted that Uu told Mr. Dodge that
he diil mu know nmch against me
himself, bin 1 1 ii be took Mr' Dodg.
t*y tlie >ioiVe ami ;<■! tiim to walk
I'ollmi With It.in .4*il h ■ w ai' l .show
huu a m.oi tal -.5 ik •w n- ,(F M
•lick, a m U tliat labr \ -;n * *•
neve, ini ). He n.i ii'im’.i iJu
pirtlcs 'hit h<* was Lo.tsi ~g i t i;
he lint mi • i my i >• •{ irge*ly
the (< •ii > i,, v <w * >.. i w a ..mi ~ii
s\ ! ; iMijslayt'A .1 i!d ■ icii. i ai tlu-v
W■ i. ult 11 i. ire..; • i v\ ii ii me ;i. i \
„*;r< it 1 a< (vvhieo
-e.) Was all gained
U iiilbii*.are and skill —•
a w , on iel us tender our lieart-.eb
thanks. Tin-re is no doubt but ttia
he made an efl ift lo bring about a
separation between myself and u,\
employers, and the result of the vvhoh
scheme has just been respectfully sub
mitted for the consideration of tin
public, neither is there any doubt is
to his motive lit bis last conspiracy as
he thought il I was out of the way he
might obtain my position, but he did
not accomplish either by a good deal,
neither did he convince any intelligent
man or lady that his false charges
were true, that was personally ac
quainted with me, and I should not
have noticed these slanders it it had
not been “due the good lady tlntf bears
my name, my old father and mother,
my future generation, inysel!, the pub
he and especially tire Jack gang.
My motto has ever been not t> de
mand but right and never submit to
wrong, and this I hope to be able to
keep, and l intern 1, Providence per
mitting, to teach it to my b >y, aml
when I die I want it ins w,bed upon
my to-übstone. Some may tiuiiK and
siv th it I have ban Pe l the piri’.cs
and charge.* too j) dated and rough. If
so 1 ask that they place tueuiselvos in
niv position for a sh rt while an 1 see
Imw it feels to have a c nnbiualion ol
slander mongers seek to destroy not
only yowr own character without
cause, but to reflect shame and dis
grace upon your relations, both by
consanguinity and affinity, and cast a
siiadc w over y-.nr posterity that will
follow them as long as your name was
known.
We are taught that chronic diseas
es require severe reeled es—t r> i tor
the fools’ back an l toe '' l } ’* thu
transgressor is luti’vl——!r nice the lome-
In God We Trust.
1 *• pi . and n ibis publ Cjifioll, and
I t mils pretty rough upon their
b eks it is only the w.>gey of their
wn hands I hti-uded in the puldi
cation fo reach every iudivnlual of
wl afeVer name without any exception
that took stick in the lonl job of either
• iMiiufactariiig or circulating the false
charges as herein before -mentioned.
1 la* plaster Was intended to be cut
just to fit the s-u‘e.
I am now about through with this
matter, except I may be called out by
either d <u' foe, then J shall tsy io
g.ve sa' isiacl ion. I wi-A to add, the
gentleman who falsely signed hi*
name TANARUS, lia r non has tin- information
that he; ;ift&erlcd satisfied Mr
Dodge -.n * Atl .nta. t>-.es it satis!\
nim ? And 1 would nmu out tie ni-oi
that eame to Eastman to liav
some land smd at Shi-rilTs sale
while iiivS own falsely so chii ;u il v
upon the block in !'<>;,air to pi r eel
titles, and while in Dustman made it
his business to go round and Imre
sevt ral of the citizens by circulating
*he charges as herein b lore stated,
but lie is too bw, base, dishono: abie
aud dishonest, mil not entitled t •
credit or belief that his name wouhi
only be . foul idol upon ihe sheet on
which it was Wiit.cn, hence I w.li n M
handle it unless called for, then 1
would pick ii no with a pair of tongs
a .and pass 11
1 am wAh ti.e Jack
•cugU , a ... I ne in.it t• • i ma> vet
a • ■ jjt ihi. loiiowing policy ;
“Perish policy and cunning—
lV-r.sh all that fears the light,
Vi hetlier losing er winning
Trust iu God and do the right.”
1 must e mh-ss iii.it i am sorry 1
have been compelled to take up the
parties and the charges against inl
and bundle them iji the i..;i:ui<-r, mil
still that 1 have l>< -u o nupelled to and >,
mil 1 eann t s.iy that 1 am sorry I did
■lo, so under ihe c rcumsta ces t eon
sl-quetfGy t n >v tender the readers ofA
1,1 ’ iE' (at* above qof gv lor tak
a.: U ■ a.iien space long ill the
> •••* C paper liutl in glit have
et n liih-i. with something m ri; inter
1 ng. Blit Ish 1 1! nib rHo excuse
e\i- p: Inal wll CU Up; Cits lhr 'Ugh
i ic cut .iv pubi.cation
Very Respectfully,
JOHN W. GRIFFIN.
—
Mystery cf Dreams.
It is related that a man fell asleeo
as the clock toiled the first stroke of
twelve. He awak< ned ere the echo of
the twellth stroke i‘id died away,
hav.ng in the inter\jal dreamed fhoi
he had committed |t he, crime, was
deti-cted after live Years, tried and
condemned* the simik of finding
halter about ;us neck; aroused bi;i> t<>
c< i use ion 'iic-ss, when lie discovered
that all these events had happened in
an infinitesimal fragment of tine .
Mohainmi.‘d, wishing to illustrate the
wonders u{ sleep, toll how a certain
nan, being a sheik, Wound himself,
lor his pride, made a poor fisherman;
that he lived as one for fPty years
*V‘
bringing up a family and working
hard; and how, upon waking bp from
Ins long dream, so slnkt a tune had
he bgen asieep-that thebarrow necked
g iard Imttle tilled with water, which
be knew he overturned as he fell
ash cp, had not time in winch lo emp
ty itself II (W fast the s.ml travels
when the b >dy is aslta-p Often when
we awake, we shr nl< from going
back into the dull roiiiin *of a sordid
<*xisteuee, regretting me pleasanter
life of dreamland. How is it that
we fancy that we have seen it before?
It is possible that when one has been
asleep the soul has floated away, seen
the place, and has that memory of it
which so sh prises us ? in a word,
how far dual is the the ot mail, ho a
far not ?
Once a careles> mUu went to the
cellar and stuck the candle in what
lie thought was i k-cg of black sand.
He sat near it drinking wine until the
candle burned low Nearer and near
er it got to tlie black sand; nearer
ml uean .., n.t: I ti.e blaze reached
the oi ick sin 1, and as it was sand,
nothing hapened.
The Right Time to Get Married,
One ol the things which young peo
ple seem to be tin* most anxiivus to
know is ‘the right time to get married.’
as some of them put it,
The great majority of young men
are poor and get eompaiatively small
wages. They naturally suppose that
if they gel married, it will cost them
more to live than it Costs them while
they are single, So the quest ion with
them is, ‘-Sii.il 1 wo immy while we are
young and m> >r, or wait till we get
older and i otT? I’' 1 ’' An&that is the
real qii.-sfToti i , tlie-ir 4 minds when they
iuqu.iT- as to -ibo right ti ne to get
ma nit and ; .*
Tin ■re yiu no rule laid down on
tins subject wb.eh fit all easOH. Some
p(-oj)'i‘ are naiunlly to industrious
and ihr Tty that they will get along
noth i aiiH.isi any .circumstances.—
OiluM S are so f izy and sliiftles.s that
- ,
:hcy cannot get along under any cn
'jums‘nnc'B. The r ght time for the
tirsl class to get married is whenever
. :v v
they choosy to do so. while the right
time 10. the other class to get married
seldom cvi r comes at all.
A yoflng couple who Irulv love each
other, and are willing to work lnrd
and live economically, and patiently
build up their fortHHe little by little,
may safely send for tin* clergyman :is
soon as it may hi.- convenient ; but
Noting people who are and can
more for show than for solid welfare,
should vva.t till they acquire correct
notion's of !i!e and thrifty habits before
marrying,
A Boy’s Composition on Hens.
liens is curious animals. They don’t
have no nose, nor no teeth, nor no ears.
They swaller their witHcs whole and
saw it up in their crops inside of them
The outside of liens is generally put
inter pillars and made inter dusters.—
Tne inside of a hen is sometimes fill* and
up with marbles and shirt buttons and
sich.
A hen is very much smaller than a
:'j"d many other animals but hoy’ll
dig up more tinnato plants than any
thing that ain’t a hen. Ileus is very
use;ill to lay eggs lor plum pudding.
Bet ver life I like plum pudding. Skin
ny Bates eat so much plum pudding
once that it set him inter the celery.—
Hens has got wings and can llv when
they are seart I cut my uncli Wiil
iam’s hen’s necK off witii a hatchet and
it seart her to death. Hens .sometimes
makes very fine spring chickens.
A mahjied couple were attacked in
the street by a dog. The wife scream
el and tried t*> uin, hut her husband
caught her by t a* shoulder**, and held
VT ‘firmly between the infuriated
heast and m, while be whisp-
Ted in a hoarse you
lure let go of me, darling. Hi
by you, even if he and *es b te.’ Never
los’ng his presenci* of mind for an
instant, the daring man baffled every
attempt in the fi too brute to get at
him. T.ie owner of the dog interfered,
and, as the couple moved ofi, the Inis
band was heard to say • ‘lf you lud
only let the dog bite you, M itddy, I
might have sued the city for SIO,OOO
lamages. But you never did have
niieli se ise.’
A Chattanooga farmer's konse was
robbed. Next morning ?, stranger
called and said that lie %s a* of
the robbers, aud he showed a locket.
The farmer said that he valued the
locket because it had been worn by a
Icar child. ‘Here it is,' said the rob
ber, seemingly effected ‘Let me
make restitution. Here are S2O lor
your iittJe sou.’ lie banded tlie far
mer u counterfeit SSO bill, and received
S3O change.
A Nebraska man, o:i his dying bed,
remembered that his wife was smok
ing some hams, and hw said, ‘Now,
Marietta, don't go to snuffling around
and forget them hams.’
Josh killings gives the following
advice to young men ; Don’t be dis
couraged if yer inustash don’t grow.
It Mimtum-s hapens lhat where a mils
tusu duz the best nothing else duz so
well.
in Advance.
NUMBER 39.
Political Parsons.
Ti.o Atlanta Tim*>s asks : ‘What’s
ti>e matter with the clergy ? Three of
ttie most prominent disorganizers of
tlu* Democratic party in this State, un
der t'*e name of Independents, are
clergymen. tu-wit : Hilliard, Felton
and Wright We repeat the question.
W tiat is the matter ? Is secular office
so uweet, and political power o en
chanting, as to cause these sentinel©
on the watch tower of Zion to doff
their sacerdotal robes and don th©
soiled armor of carual warfare? We
beseech your reverences to lay asid©
('very burden and run with patience
anil delight the thorny road of your
higher calling and leave to such world
ly minded creatures as Dabney and
Har:, and the other individual whom
W right is after, to take care of tho
vulgar and worldly interest of human*
iy. Can you not find greater comfort
in this ? You will doubtless answer
* '/ fv
tu tli<? affirmative in due season.’
♦♦♦—— ■
What was on the Bill.
Some ot tiie hotels have bills of fare
with tin 4 fly-leaf covered with cards of
various business houses. An Oregon
man recently took a scat behind ono
of them, when a waiter appeared with
'What will you have sir?*
To the utter confusion of the waiter,
he leisurely remarked :
‘You may fetch me anew set of teeth
in gutta percha ; an improved sewing
machine, with patent lock stitch ; a
box of Brandretli's pills, and a pair ol
number seven French calf-skin boots. 4
In a moment the waiter replied :
'We do not furnish these articles. 1
'Then what in the devil have you
got it on the bill of fare for ?‘ retorted
the customer.
Strong Language..
Ex-Governor Perry spoke as follows
in South Carolina not long since :
‘And hero I would appeal to my
Democratic- friends all over the State
to stop-all social intercourse vvitu any
man who is base enough to be a Rad
icaf. Let him feel, by your conduct
towards him, that the brand of in fain v
is on him and his children. This is tho
only way you can reach his black
heart. Let him see that there is a mor
al pestilence around him which pre
vents all socail contact with honorable
men, and leaves him tor patronage and
socie’y to his own chosen rogues and
plunderers.’
No one in Georgia can appreciate
the condition in South Carolina.
One day during the hard winter of
IS'&S, a Miss Arnold applied to Gen
eral Milroy for a permit to forage her
cow, the milk of which was tho chief
support of the far.i ly. ‘Are you loyal ?’
asked the general. ‘Yes,’ she replied,
lie began to write the permit — ‘To
the U Hted >Statea, or the Confederate
States?* ‘ i’o the Confederacy, of
ionise,’ sbe replied. Tlwm I shall
permit,’ said the general,
‘iius iutamoijq -rebellion must be
crushed.' ‘Well,’ said she, ‘if you can
crush it by starving John Arnold’s
cow, go it.’
Aon a tor Alcorn, who is in Washing
ton ‘gives up’ Mississippi. He says
the State has been lost to the Repub
lican party by the wretched manage
ment of tiie men now dominating the
Republican party of Mississippi, who,
he says, have succeeded in misleading
the President and thereby succeeded
in securing the removal of Federal
officers, and the appointment of a class
of men who are distasteful, bocausc of
their notoriously bad character, to tho
decent men of all parties in Missisippi.’
Scarlet Fever,
An eminent physician of Chicago,
says lie euros ninety-uiue out ol overy
hundred cases of scarlet fever by giv
ing the patient warm lemonade with
gmn arabic dissolved in it. A cloth
rung out in hot water and laid upon
the stomach, should be removed as
rapidly as it becomes cool.
The society writer-of the Peoria
Democrat says ot the distinguished
custom ot citing exclusively with the
fork : Tim fashion originated with ho
tel servants, because the scouring of
•vii ves in t.uiMj vast caravansaries was
u:e most serious job ot the daily round
of duties.'