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DEVOTED TO NEWS* POLVICS , LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL PROGRESS ---INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS, VOL, X. 92 OO a l’cnr in Advance. ■'MApNie.^ San Marino Lodge. \o 31. GREENES BORO', GA. Regular Meetings—First Wednesday night of each month. M. MARKWALTER, Sec’y. Greenesboro’ IS. A. C., \o, 37 GRE'eNESBORO’, GA. Regular meeting—Third FiiUay night of each month. C. (’. NORTON, Sec’y. Fnion Point Lodge, \o. 3BG. UNION POINT, Ga., Meets regularly the 2d and 4th Thursday day evenings in eacli month. W. O. MITCHELL, Sec’y. Feb. 4, 1875—tf #irir& Greene Lodge, \o. 11, I O O F. GREENESBORO’, GA., Meets regularly every Monday night. J. R. GODKIN, NT. G. D. S. Holt, R S. Greencsborongh Lodge, \o. 5120, Independent Order Good Templars, meets at Odd Fellow’s Hall, on 2d and 4tb Friday nights in each month. w. it. DTtANCII, IV. G. W, Mii.lek, See’y. BUSINESS CARDS, JAMES B. PARK, ANI) COUNSELOR AT LAW, GREENESBORO\ - - - GA. WILL give prompt attention to all bu siness intrusted to his professional care, in the Counties of Greene, Morgan, Putnam, Baldwin, Hancock and Taliaferro, K?*©lllce—With Hon. Philip B. Rob inson. april 8,1875 —(Ims M. W. LEWIS )> H. G. LEWIS. M, W. Lewis & Son, Attorneys at Law, EREEXESKOROIJGII, - GA. april 8, 1875-ly Philip B. Robinson, Attorney at Law, GREENBSBORO’. . . . GA Y\J ILL give prompt attention to busines? ' * entrusted to his professional care. Feb. 20, 1873—Gms Wm. H. Branch, ATTORNEY AT LAW. UKKFYENUORO", A. f CONTINUES to give his undivided ntten t J tion to the practice of his Profession. Returning thanks to his clients for their encouragement in the past, he hopes by close application to business to merit a con tinuance of the same. g£jyOffice over Drug Store of Messrs. B. Torbert & Cos. Greenesboro’ Jan 16th 1874—1 y. H7E7iv7 PALMER, Attorney at Law, GREEXESUORO”, - - - GA. ALL business intrusted to him will re ceive personal attention. jt£gp*OFFlCE—(With Judge Heard,) in the Court-House, where he can found during business hours. oct 15,’74-tt IV, W. LII!IIPKL\. attorney at law, UNION POINT, • - Ga. OFFERS his professional services to the people of Greene and adjoining coun ties. and hopes, by close attention to busi siness to merit and receive a liberal share of patronage. jan23 74 ly. Medical Card. Drs. BODKIN & HOLT, H AVING associated themselves in the Practice of Medicine, respectfully tender, their services to the citizens of Grf.fxes boro’ and surrounding country. March 4. 1875—tf Z\)t (Su t cncsborc* , Herald Ur. Win. RES3ENT 15m9B^iiE.TisT GREECE SB OR O’G A. _ feb. l 1874. T.MiRKIUjrM, Ma.rJj.lQ Wq&s BROAD Street, AUG ST A, Ga. MARBLE Monumen s, 'imb-stones* Marble Mantles, ami Fiiiture Mar ble of all kinds, from the pklest to the 1 most elaborate, designed and Irnished to order at short notice. Ail \>rk for the ountry carefully boxed. n4s,lS71 —tf JEWELRY! Wf SHING to devote mysif entirely to TV the legitimate luisinss of Clock iml Watch Repairing, from tite date, 1 of fer my entire Stock of Watch sand Jewel ry at cost, finding that it iitivferes too much with the business 1 preer. M. MARK WALTER. Greenesboro’, Ga., Sept. 24. K74-tf C EXT It A LSlOim BY Mrs. W. M. THOMAS, AUG L S T\A . Gev Jan. 21 —Ty. BGLL-Rl MAIN STREET, ’ G IIEEVINROROIGII, GA. eJ. 1, OX7 LA r J', jI, I,WAYS keeps on hand the choicest— LIQUORS, CIGARS, annd TOBACCO. His BILLIARD — 1 j TAISLSS Is new and elegant. Call and see. Feb. 18, 1875 —(ims VARIETY STORE! FAMILY GROCERIES, BAR-ROOM AND BILLIARD SALOON, Corner Main and Broad Streets, GREENESBORO’. -n GEORGIA. W. C. Cartwright, Always keeps on hand a full assortment of Family Gtoceries, and the finest brands of imported and domestic LIQUORS AND SEGARS. ITis Bar is always supplied with pure im ported London Porter, Bass’ Ale, French Brandy. Holland Gin, Jamaica Rum, Wines and Champagne; and GENUINE CINCINNATI LAGER, always fresh, besides all qualities of do mestic Liquors. TF”Ca!I and purchase your Groceries, imbibe pure Liquors, smoke fine Segars. play a game of Billiards, and be happy. W 0. CARTWRIGHT. Corner Broad and Main St’s. March 25, 1875. Fits Cured Free! NY person suffering from the above disease is requested to address Hr. TRICE, and a trial bottle of medicine will be for warded by Express, FREE ! The only cost being the Express charges which, owing to my large business, are small. Dr. Price has made the treatment of FITS OR EPIE.EPSY a study for years, and he will warrant a cure by the use of his remedy, Do not fail to send to h : m for a trial hot tie ; it costs nothing, and he WILL CURE AOI , no matter of liow long standing your case may he. or how many other remedies may have failed. Circulars and testimonials sent with Free Trial Roffle. Be particular to give your Expiess, as well as your Post Office direction, and Address, Ir OILS. T. PRICE, 67 'William Street, NEW YORK. Feb. 18, 1875—1 y Special Hotice. BE Stockholders of the Greene County Fair Association are hereby personally no tified that unless they pay up their pro rata share of an execution I hold against said Association, 1 will be forced to havo executions issued against them severally, for their proportional parts of said claim. Capt. W. M Weaver is authorized to re ceive and receipt for moneys so paid. fehlStf JAS. N. ARMOR. GREENESBORO', GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1875. % 21 ail road Schedule. Arrival and Departure of Trains. Georgia. Kail road. Day Passenger Train. Leave Augusta, 8.45, a. m. Leave Atlanta, 7:CO, a. m. \rrive at Atlanta, 6:45, p. m. Arrive at Augusta, 3:30, p. m. Night Passenger Train. Leave Augusta, 8:15, p. m. Leave Atlanta, 10:’0, p. m Arrive at Atlanta, 6:25, a. ni. Arrive at Augusta, 8:15, a. m. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN Leaves Atlanta, 5:00 p. m. Leaves Stone Mountain, 6:45 a. m- Arrives Atlanta, 8:00 a. m. Arrives Stone Mountain, 6:15 p. m. S. K. JOHNSON, Sup’t. :G: Western Jto Atlantic R R Night passenger Train — Outward. Leave Atlanta, 6:00 p. m. Arrives Chattanooga, T. 30 a. m. DAY PASSENGER TRAlN,—Outward Leave Atlanta, 8:30 a. m. Arrives Chattanooga, 4:28 p. m. Night Passenger Train — lnward. Leaves Chattanooga, 3:45 p. m. Arrives Atlanta, 11:20 p. m. DAY PASSENGER TRAlN.—lnward. Leaves Chattanooga, 5:45 a. m. Arrives Atlanta, 1:20 p. m, I) A ETON ACCOM MOD ATION Lsaveg Atlanta, 4:35 p. m. Arrives at Dalton, 12:20 a. m. Leaves Dalton 2:00 a. m. Arrives Atlanta, 9:50 a. m. Jos. E. BROWN President. iwii m, AND f Iwtn M- ( s<iQ,c PATENT MEDICINES, FINE PERFUMERY, TOILET ARTICLES, WIN DOW GLASS, all sizes, LAMPS and LANTERNS. Bt.TST’S GARDEV SFEITS. KEROSENE OIL, WHITE LEAD, Colors, LIN SEED OIL, BRUSHES, Ac., For sale by Joins A. (fl'riffiu. prescriptions carefu[ly dispensed, april 8. 1875-ly ALFRED SHAW KEFI’S constantly on hand in Greenes boro’ and Madison, a full assortment of ROSEWOOD and MAHOGANY BURIAL CASES, and imitations of the same. Also, METAL.IC CASKETS, of all grades. In beauty, durability and price, these Oases and Caskets will compare favorably with any to be found elsewhere. W. T. DOSTEE and H. C.SITTON Are our authorized Agents atGreeieshoro’. NOTE.—AII persons indebted for past purchases, are requested to come forward and settle their bills ALFRED SHAM, March 18, 1875—3 ms n EORGIA- Graene County— \T William R. Wilson Administrator on the Estate of Henry H. Durham, deceased, applies for Letters of Dismission, and such Letters will be grantee on the first Monday in May, 1875, unless valid objections there to are filed. Oiven under ry h.wd andofficial signa ture, this January tOth, IX7;>. 3m JOEL F THORNTON, Ord’y. Cy EOTTGIA-AJreenc County. X Win. A. am/ John M. Colciongh, Ad ministrators of John Cole oaglt. deceased, apply for Letters of Dismission, and such Letters will be jranted on the first Monday in June, 187.% unless valid objections thereto arc filed. Given under tny hand and official signa ture, this March Ist, 1875. JOEL F. THORNTON, Ord’y. mar.4,1875—3ms Gt EORGI.Y-—Greene ly. f Whereas James Smith, Executor ot James Atkinson, deceased, applies for Let ters of Di-mission. and such Letters will be granted on the first Monday in May 1875. unless valid objections thereto be filed. Given under my hand and official signa Lire this February Ist, 1875 JOEL F. THORNTON, Ord’y. Feb. 1,1875—3m5* 1 FOR Sale or Blent. jA. fine farm containing (80) eighty acres, (50 acres original forest), within two miles of Greenesboro. Apply to feblltf. W. M. WEAVER. POET’S CORNER. DIFFHTLTT OF RUINING We parted by the gate in June, That soft and balmy month, Beneath the sweetly beaming moon, And (wunth- -hunth—sunth—tr nth—l can’t find a rhyme to month:.) Years were to pass ere we should ssect; A wide and yawning gulf Divides uie from my love so sweet, While (ulf —sulf—rlulf —mulf—stuck a gin ; I can’t get any rhyme to gulf. I’m in a gulf myself. Oh, how I dreaded in my soul To part from my sweet nymph, While years should their long seasons roll Before (hymph —dymph—ymph— I guess I’ll have to let it go at that.) Bcneatli my fortune s stern decree My lonely spirits sunk, For 1 a weary soul should b., And (hunk—dunk— rump—sk—Hint will never do in the world.) She buried her dear, lovely face Within her azure scarf, . She knew I’d take the wretchedness As well as (parf—sarf—darf— Marf-and harf; that won’t answer, either ) Oh, I had loved her many years, I lovedier for herself; I love her for her tender tears, And also for her (welf-nelf —lielf—pelf! no ! no ! not for her pelf.) I took between my bands her head ; llow sweet her lips did pouch I I kissed her lovingly, and said-f (Bouche- mouebe—louche—quch ! not a bit of it did I say ouch !) I sorrowfully wrung her hand,) My tears they did escape, J My sorrows they could not eonfmnnd, And I was buta (sape—dape-i-fape—ape; w.ll, perhaps I did feel like an ape.) I gave *° ] ),',p T ,| ' . I told her T would e’er tv true. And always be a d'.ool—sool—mool— fool: T come to tMr-< of it 1 was a fool, for she fell in love w' l ' another fellow before T was gone anv 1 ’” 1 - ihmeuiTneoun" iltirriitge of* First Cousins MR. DARWIN ON THE SUBJECT. The London Times says: Mr Darwin read a paper last night before the Statistical Society ea nun viaaes between first cousins in Eng land, and their effects The subject was divided into three separate heads first., the proportion, of first cousin marriages to all marriages ; secondly, inquiries in asylums as to the harm likely to arise from such marriages ; thirdly, literature on the subject. With regard to the first it would appear from a series of carefully prepared statistics compiled from Burke’s “ L inded (Jen try,” the English and Iri-h Peeiage. and the General Registry of Marri ages, at Somerset-house, that such mar riages are in London, including all classes, ab ut 1( per cent.; in the uiban districts about 2 per cent.; in the rurai districts about 2} per cent.; in the landed gentry about per cent.; and in the aristocracy probably 4£ per cent. The lecturer said his impression was that these statistics were reliable, and that on the whole there would not he found an error of 1 per cent, in the proportion he had assigned to the arts toeracy, and still less among the other classes; but at the same time admitted that it was an impression which he hardly knew how to justify, and one, therefore, which left an ample field for adverse criticism Passing to the second branch of his topic, the lecturer confessed that his inquiries in lunatic and other asylums and hospitals were incomplete, and not altogether as satis factory as he could have wished, not from any difficulty placed in his way by the gentlemen to whom- he hud ap plied for information, but from the io ability to answer the necessary ques tions of s, many of the patients, aud the untrustworthy nature of the replies of still more. From the figures sup plied it would appear that out of 8.17 G lunatics and idiots in asylums in Eng land and Wales, 4 308 are the children of first cousins, and in Scotland 541 out of 1,179; while from Ireland no return tvas obtained. Front the fact, then, that the percentage of offspring of first cousin marriages is nearly that of marriages in general population, the negative conclusion only is to be drawn I that, so far as insanity and idiocy go, no evil lias been shown to accrue from consanguineous marriages. Nor, con tinued the lecturer, were his researches into hospitals and other asylums at tended with much more success.though from the almost insuperable difficulties which from the outside beset his efforts he did not pursue them further than with respect to deaf mutes. On the whole, and taking into account the un certainty of his methods ol finding the proportion of such marriages iu the general population, Mr. Darwin was ol opinion that the percentage of such off spring in asylums is not greater than that in the general population to such an extent as to enable auy one to say positively that the marriage of first cou ins has any effect in the production of insanity or idiocy, although it might still be shown, by more accurate uicth ods of research, that it is so. With re sped to deaf mutes the proportion of offspring of first cousin marriages is] precisely the same as the proportion til such marriages for the large towns and the country, and, therefore, there is again no evidence of any of the tcsults accruing to the offspring in conse quence of the coosinship of their par ents. Turning lastly to the third head of his subject, the lecturer stated that, so far as lie knew, the most thorough investigation ever made was contained in some papers “On Blood Relationship in Marriage," published by Dr. Arthur Mitchell, a deputy commissioner of lu nacy in Scotland. ’J his gentleman’s inquires were confined chiefly to Scot land. in which country, as the figures already quoted will show, the propor tion of first cousin marriages is larger than in any other portion of the Uni ted Kingdom; and thc. eonclusj oonditions of life, the apparent ill effects were almost It if. while if the children were ill-fed, badly housed and cl thed. the evil miuht become very marked. This, said the lecturer, was in striking accordance with some unpublished ex periments of his father’s ‘On the In and-in Breeding of Plants,” in which he found that in-bred plants, when al lowed space enough and good toil, would frequently show little or no'de terioration. hut when placed in conipe tit ion with another plant would fre quently become stunted or altogether perish. Reference was also made to a work by Signor Paola Mantegnzza. pro fessor at Pavia, on the same subject, in wlych it is contended that consanguin. eons marriages are, ou the whole, more unfavorable to the offspring than others, and the nearer the kinship the. greater the danger. Other authorities wi re also quoted. Mr. Buxton, of the Liverpool institution for the deaf and dumb, in the Menicochirnrgienl Jour nal for January, 1859. found one deaf mute in ten to be the children of first | cousins; Dr. Peet, of the New institution, gives the same proportions; Mr. Lewellyn Pratt, in the American Annual of the deaf ar.d dumb, Janu arv, 1875, found that out of me hun dred and ten deaf-mute children in Halifax school fifty-six were the off spring of first cousins; and Sir \1 Wilde, discussing in an appendix to his “Aural Surgery” the causes of dcaf mutencss, considers consanguinity may be regarded as paramount. In conclu sion, Mr. Darwin held that sneh a gen eral consent as to the ill effects of cou sin marriages would have far greateri weight than his “purely negative” re sults. But in no case had the investi gation been free from flaws, for in no case had it been really determined what was the proportion of consan guineous marriages in the whole popu lation. He trusted, however, that though he himself had been unable to give a satisfactory solution to the ques tion he had raised, her had said enough to show that the assertion that- the question had been already set at rest could not be sustained, and he hoped that his endeavor might lead more com peteut investigators to take it up from some other side. A Kansas hy pocbondi iac, medi tating upon the death of a dog fancier in his neighborhood, gives vent to the mournful thought: “Our great met are petering out sort o’ rapid like these times. Whisky kills most on ’em; some tumbles overboard, and ’casionally one gets hung.” A Itesuiaisceiice of the Pro visional Gmsreis. Under this head we qu tc the fol lowing from the Atlanta Constitution : Among the most active members of the above named fatuous body were R. 15. Rhett, ol South Carolina, and C. M. Conrad, of Louisiana, They seemed, however, to be antipodes upon any and every point raised in discussion ; so much so that if Rhett had moved a resolution that the •sun was in mid heaven at 12 o’clock, M., Conrad would have spent an hour iu arguing that it was an entire mistake. One morning upon assembling the chaplain was ab sent, and Mr. Speaker Cobb found great difficulty in procuring some suitable person to open the sitting with prayer. Alexander 15. Clilherall, thereupon, got off the following capital hit : No chaplain is oh hand to-day, And Cobb is filled with care, For want of someone used to pray. Soon as lie takes the chair lie eails to perform, Who smilingly refuses— ’Tis not the mission at this time The gallant Colonel chooses. Bob Dixon, then, the Georgia clerk, Fun sparkling in his eyes, When thus the pray did shirk, Proposed this compromise : “ The post left vacant by (lie priest Just call on Rhett to fill,. For if the Lord don't answer him I'm sure that Conrad leill!" A Young Man’s Unpifnl. There arc many young men who ate in the habit of excusing (heir idlenc and inefficiency with the plea that they can do nothing without capital. The lack of means is the ready reply they make to every appeal to action; th all 11 P°‘ ssess within theniselv .- capita? ilitfß Jf -E'-I'T s-- bo: tion to their other imagined virtues, they would do great things in the world ; they would astouish the natives with the boldness and brilliancy of their enterprises; they would grow im □tensely rich, and then lay the world under perpetual obligations of grati tude by the magnificence of their bene factions. This is the way they think and talk, and they roll Che vainglorious idea over in their idle minds until they come to imagine that the world is an immense loser by their poverty. These persons forget one important fact—that all capital is the product of labor; that nearly all rich men in this country were once poor; that nearly every personal fortune they cau enum erate is cither tiie product of itsowuer’s toil and skill, or the representative of his lather’s toil and skill. How did the maker ai'these fortunes manage to get along without capital ? Had they spent the vigor of their youth in idle and foolish lamentations over their poverty, they would have lived and died poor, and left nothing but an inheritance of honesty behind them, Capital allied to labor and skill cau work wonders in the way of mater ial enterprises; and the man who pos sesses money finds it easy to make money. But capital is not indispensi hie to young men of the right stull. for all this. There are other kinds of capital besides accumulated money; brains, muscle, industry, honesty, dili gence, truth, fidelity, skill, tact, ener gy, education —all these are capital, aud all of them have a commercial value, which the owner will be able, sooner or later, to command in the market. Provided with these, any young man may make more than he needs to spend, every year, and thus have something, at the end of each year, to invest as money capital. If he needs money, let him go to work and make it, and thus give proof of his ability to use it profitably and judici ously. If we go into any great city, or into a prosperous agricultural district, wc find the capitalists are those who have wade their fortunes without out side aid. They did not waste their time in repinings at their poverty, and in silly dreams of wliat they could do if they only had money to do it with. They went boldly and resolutely to work ; they toiled, and thought, and planned, and kept on toiling, thinking aud planning, until their rugged hands grasped the fortunes that others envy. In nine cases out of ten, the man who will not work for the capital he ima gines he needs, would not know what to do with it if he had it FACETIOUS —Something about dogs—fleas. —♦ T' —The home circle—walking around with the baby at night. —• —i —ln what ship has the greatest number of people been wrecked T Courtship. — rnrnmm* • —Those who rise to eminence sud denly are very apt to come back by the □ ext train. —Those old Greeks were pretty wise fellows. In their vocabulary maiden is translated nothing, and marriage is gammon. ——■**- ♦ —“ No eetiu appu'ls in skool ours,’’ reads a sign on the blackboard of a schoolkouse iu enlightened old Massa chusetts, where education is supposed to sit on the top rail and make faces at ignorance. —A father, in consoling his daugh ter who had lost her husband’ said : “ I don’t wonder you grieve for him,.' my child; you will never find his equal.” “I don’t know as I can,” re sponded the sobbing widow, “ but I'll do my best!” The futher felt com-' foiled. — * —A good way to restore a man ap parently drowned, is to first dry him thuro -ghly inside and out, and then clap a speaking trumpet to his ear and inform him that his mother-in-law is dead. —As a rich and pretentious man wag looking at some paintings which he pro posed to buy, the dealer pointed to a fine one, aud said, “ That is a dog after Landseer.” “Is it, really ?” exclaimed tlp&- j roT‘T — A matt whose appearance indicated that lie was staggering from the exces sive weight of a brick in his hat, being asked if he was a Son of Temperance, replied, “Hie no—no relation—not even an acquaintance.” —“ Well, I always matte it a rule to tell uiy wife everything that happens,” said Brownwig. “Oh, my dear follow, that’s nothiug !” said Smithwig, “ I tell my wife lots of things that never happen at all.” — —A Thomas street school hoy had' just got his face fixed to sing, “ Let us love one another,” when a snow-ball hit him in the mouth and’so much con fused him that be yelled : “ Rill Sykes just do that agiu and I’ll chaw your ear off.” m —An Indiana woman dreamed that she saw her husband kissing the hirec*' girl, and she got so mad over it that she discharged the girl before breakfast next morning —A young lady wants to know why she shall pay eight dollars for a pair of silk hose, when she must keen them out of sight ail the time. A handkerchief of William Penn is to he or; exhibition at the Centen nial, anti a curi- us correspondent write.' to ask if it is the original Penn wiper. —“John! John! wake up; there’s a burglar in the house!” said the wife. John sat upright in bed. “ Burglar —• b-u-r g-l-e-r—burgler” —and he rolled over waiting for a harder word. n-T a ■—- — “ Oh ! I’ve loved before,” said a De troit woman to her fourth husband, as she took a handful of hair from his head because he objected to hang out the week’s washing: —A hoy found a pocket-book, aud returned it to its owner, who gave him a five cent piece. The hoy lookpd at the coin au instant, and then handing it reluctantly back, audibly sighed as he said, “ I can’t change it.” A gentleman drove a sorrowful looking horse into town last Saturday, and stopping in front of Bank block.he requested a small boy to hold him a moment. “ Hold ’im !” exclaimed the boy. “Just lean him up against the post; that’ll hold ’im.” Nevada brides won’t stand much' foolishness at a wedding. Recent ly one of them, while going up the aisle of the Church,, stopped short and kicked all the skin offthe shins of a groomsman who trod on he? 1 train. NO. 17