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DEVOTED TO NEWS\ POLITICS, LITEBATI)RE t AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL IN ALL THINGS,
VOL. XII.
j|e. lections.
For the Herald.
Greenesboro’, Ga., %J}t' l ,r> > I®"'*
Editor Herald,— lnclosed please find
a communication from the pen of a eit
izen of our county and taken from the
columns of the Christum Index ft*
arguments are so Scriptural and’so very
conclusive on the subject of Divorces.
et3„ that I must be? that you will give
it to the readers of the Herald. In
these degenerate days of marital infe
•licity, I think its publication will do
good, therefore must be? its publican
tion. Respectfully, Subscriber.
Divorces “A Vinculo Matrimo
nii,”
Eds. Index.—Seeing that the Con
stitutional Convention pr.opoges to en
graft into the forthcoming Constitution
a provision thft Di.vor.ces shall be ?W
--ted only upon tb,e gfounds of adultery.
I beg to write firefly of Divorces, gfld
separations between husbands and
wives. Having been informed that
eight or ten petitions for divorces are
on file in our clerk's office, and hoping
that the reflections I jjiay submit will
tend to diminish applications, I
ask that you will publish them
in the ,columns of your largely .circula
ted and deservedly popular paper.
This provision touching Divorces is
eminently wise. Among the more prom
inent of the reasons tffere is this, that
God's law from which our State laws
are taken, does not very clearly author
ize divorces on any grounds whatever ;
certainly not upon any other ground
save adultery. For proof. I quote,.that
Christ in answer -to the question of the
Pharisees “Is it lawful for p man to
put away his wife for every cause, re
pliedas follows- “4,nd be answered and
said unto them, -hare ve not read that
he which made them at the beginning
made them male and female ; for this
cause shall a man leave father and
mother jtnd shall cleave to his wife, and
they twain shall be one flesh. hat,
therefore God hath 'lined together let
no uipn put asunder ” “Why did Mo
ses -then command to give them a wri
ting of divorcement and to put her
awgy ?” “M jscs, because of the hard
,pess of your hearts, suffered you to put
wway your wives. by.t from t,he begin
riing it was not so. And I say ujjt
you whosoever shall put away his wife,
except it be fy,r ,{o.rnicatioo and shall
marry another, couimitteth adultery
and whosqever marrjeth her which is
put away, couimitteth adultery.” Read
from 2d to 10th v,qrses of the 19th
chapter of Matthew, As Christ is
truth, the foregoing quoted Scripture
is true, hence another Scriptural argu
jpent would be superfluous. But as an
.argument non Scri.Rtp.ral, I recite what,
yvas published of Adelina Pat
,ti’s application fpr separation of body
and goods, diyqrcqs,being unrecognized
in the Courts of France. The madarne.
your readers will Remember, is the
j*reat singer:
“Paris, Adg- L —Adoling jPptti’s
case has been decided. Both the lady
and husband had filed an application
fora judicial separation. The mad
ame’s applicatiiii was refused, her hus
band’s was granted The sentence
states that Madame Patti does not bring
forward proof of the facts she alleges ;
on the other hand, the documents plac
ed before the court, particularly the
correspondence addressed to her by a
third party, shoyv ,t,hat ,her conduct did:
the gravest injury,tO;bqr husband. The
court therefore pronqpnces against the
petition for a separation of (even) body
and goods, and condemns,her to pay the
costs.”
Thus it seems apparent.thpt the learn
ed legal minds ol France bold that di
yorces, even lor adultery, gre not au
thorized by the Bible. Are nqt our
dawmakers in the United States as wise
as in Frqnce ? Is not the religion ot
our eminent and learned divines and
that of our people and lawmakers as
pure and undefiled ? If so, why not
erase the law authorizing divorces, even
for the foul crime of adultery from our
statutes ?
In conclusion, I speak of the separa
tion of husbands and wives, and the
penalty for advising them. These are
usually preceded by isolation and es
trangement of love, and succeeded by
applications “a vinculo matrimonii.’’ —
In some cases the divorce is granted
.What’s the cause of these separations 1
•Did they never love, but made vojvs be
(iore.the Almighty Jehovah that they
,lljpft broken, for the reason of the np
®bc f&tUMgbota’ HcraliY
proaeh of poverty and the dread of the
cook-pot and the wash tub ? If so,
they never truly loved. How true the
old saying, “marry for lqve apd jyork
for riches!'’ This done and marriages
will never be broken, Gat) it be that
the kindred and friends cause these
separations ? Wljo could be so cruel
and wicked a> to ip.vade, “as a thief in
the night” the sacred, peaceful, happy
family circle, whilst the dear little off
spring “sweetly lie dreaming” nf papa
and mama, and poison the cup of bliss
hitherto daily sipped in the family now
doomed, it mav be, by the separation,
to woe in this life and the life that is fn
come! Would loving parents advise
such separations? Nay parental love
forbids, save for the crime of adijltery;
brothers and sisters possessing true af
fection would revolt at and their hearts
sicken at the thought of advising such
a separation- These with true friends,
would dissuade rather than persuade to
a course so suicidal to parents and chil
dren. Gould the attorney at law, or
any of the aforementioned persons, en
courage, for the sake of filthy lucre,
personal hate or o:her inducement,
such separations ?
The array of kinspeople and the
breaking of the peace of the communi
ty, are the results of such a wicked act,
destroying Christian fellowship in the
Church, perhaps making outlaws as a
consequence . perhaps expulsions from
the Church is a further result, a,nd
henceforth fho excluded member nr
members foyevjr live out of a discharge
of their Christian duty, and, it may be
are finally lost ! Beware what advice
y 0 gi,ye as to the marital relation, it
is sacred, “What therefore .Q-od hath
joined together let not man put asun
der.” is a Scripture injunqtioj). and it
must, be obeyed.
It can neither be digsu vyd pur bro
ken without the paying of the penalty
“The retribution is sure.” it may be
swift. The broken heart < f the mother
the dissipation and death of the father,
the rags of the children, together with
their cries for bread, may be charged to
your account in eternity. The Lord
has said “Vengeance is mine and I yviil
repay,” W- A. B.
Greene county, Ga.. Aug. 27, '77.
A DOCTOR'S STORY.
lam a doctor I live in London
and i,n one of the most crowded (lo
calities.
I had been i.n my .present p-bode
two years, and had never had a pa
tient from the more aristocratic
circles, when one night, about hailf
past eleven, I was startled by a
violent ringing at my bell, and hav
ing just got to bed after a hard
(Jay’s work, I can’t say the sum
mons was very agreeable.
However, I ran to ray window
at once, and thrusting nay head out
into the rain, cried, ‘Who is there?’
A voice answered, ‘Only I, Doc
tor. It’s an urgent case. Please
come down to the door.’
I hurried on some clothes, and
sped down .stairs and opened the
door- There stppd in fyll light of
the hall Ja.cpp, an elderly lady
dressed in mourning.
She put out the smallest of bands
in a fine black k,id glove and said
piteously, ‘Ai;e you the doctor?’
‘Yes,’ ,1 .said.
‘Then come with me,’ said she.
‘Don’t delay. It's life or death
Come !’
I hurried on my overcoat, ca.ygh.t
up my umbrella and, offering my
arm to the old lady, walked dow.n
the street with her.
‘You must be my guide, mad
am,’ 1 said. ‘I do not know where
you live.’
She instantly gave me a street
and number that surprised me still
more. It was a tolerably aristo
cratic quarter of the (pwn.
‘ Who is ill, madam■?’ I inquired,
‘a grown person or a child ?’
‘A young lady—my daughter,’
she said.
‘Suddenly ?’
‘Yes, suddenly,’ ajie answered,
‘Do you keep a brougham ? We
would have been able to go much
faster.’
‘I keep no conveyance,’ I said.
GREENESBORO’, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1877.
‘Perhaps you are poor?’ she I
said eagerly.j
‘Certainly not rich,’ I said.
‘Cure her and I’ll make you
rich,’ she said, in a sort of sup
pressed shriek.
Cure her, and J’U give you any
thing jqu ask. I don’t care for
money. I’m rolling in gold. Cure
her, and I’ll shower it on you.’
‘You are excited, madam,’ I said.
‘Pray be calm.'’
‘Calm!’ she said —‘calm! but
you don’t (tnoyr a mother’s heart !’
We had reached the street she
had indicated, and were at the door
of ope of its houses. The old la
dy ascended the steps, and opened
the door with a latchkey. A light
burned in the hall ; another one in
one of the parlers, the furniture of
whjcb was draped and shrouded in
white linen.
‘Wait here, sir, 'if you please,’
she said, as she led ipe into one of
thes/e.
I waited what I thought a most
unreasonable time in that gloomy
parlor. I began to grow a little
nervous, when a stout, short, red
faccd woman bustled into the room.
‘I beg your pardon, sir,” she
said in a singular tone, such as one
who had committed a speech to
memory might use; ‘but my mis
sus— the lady who brought you
here—is very nervous, and need
lessly alarmed. She begs your ac
ceptance of the customary fee, and
there is no ne,sd of y,o,ur s.ervice.’
Thus speaking, she handed me
a guinea, eourtesied, and opened
the door for me. I bowed, express
ed my pleasure that the patient
was better, grid departed.
It was a queer sort of ad -nture,
hut rather amusing than oti ;rwise,
besides I had a good fee
1 arose early next morning, and
paid a couple of visits before break
fast. Returning, to my astonish
ment, I found sitting in tny con
suiting room the lady of the night
before. She rose as 1 entered.
■What tyu&t you think of roe,?’
she said. ,‘lJut no matter. My
daughter is very dear to me, and I
have heard p,f ypur skill. She is
worse again. Can you call some
time to-day, as early as possible,
at my house V
‘I will be there in an hour,’ I
said.
I ■ •
The lady took out her purse.
‘I am an olff-fashioned woman,’
she said. ‘I retain old-fashioned
hub,its. In ray days the doctor re
ceived Jus fee on the spot. It was
in ordinary cases a guinea. Will
you receive it now ?’
I did not know what to say. but
she laid the money on the tyble
and departed,
I ate my breakfast, ynd flaying
dressed myself carefully, made my
1 way ty the old lady’s house. I
| kn,yoked. The door was opened by
.the stout female who had dismissed
me the night before
‘The doctor,’ I said by way yf
explanation.
‘Ah !’ said she. ‘Has missus:
called yp ypu again ?’
‘Yes,’ I answered.
‘There is no need. I assure you,
sir,’ she said. ‘I can’t really ask
you in There’s no one ill here. Its
a wh,im of missus’. I am a better
judge of illoess than she. No need
of a dqctor.’
I left the house, of course, part
ly in dudgeon, partly in amaze
ment.
Three weeks passed by, when,
ilo ! the old lady came again.
She walked into my cpnsulting
room, dressed as before, as greatly
agitated, as carefully polite,
‘Sir,’ she said, ‘again I trouble
you. Mv poor daughter! Come
at once.’
‘Madam,’ l answered, ‘it is a
doctor’s duty, as it should be his
pleasure, to obey such calls ; but
you are aware that I have been sent
from your door twice without see-
ing the patient. Allow me to ask
you a question—are you the mis
tress of the hoqse V"
‘lleav.en knows I am,’ said the
old lady. ‘I have lived there for
forty years. I own it. lam the
only person under that roof who
has a right to give an order.’
‘And the person who sent me
away V
‘My old servant Margaret.’
‘Did she do it at yor order V
‘No, sir; it was a piece of pre
sumption. But Margaret means
well : she loves us.’
‘Then, madam, if I accompany
you I shall see the
‘Assuredly, sir.’
I put on my hat again, and we
went out of the house together.—
We exchanged very few yvprqls as
we walked the streets. At the
door of the house the old lady
paused.
‘Don’t mind Margaret,’ pbe whis
pered. ‘She means well.’
Then she ascended the steps.
At the last one the (J° or was
opened to us by the vyQrpan f tad
seen twice before.
‘The doctor must see my child,
Margaret,’ said the ojd lady-
Margaret stepped back.
‘Walk in, sir,’ was all she said.
The old lady beckoned me to fol
low her. I did so. She went up
stairs and opened the first door we
came to. It was an empty bed
room. She closed it with a sigh.
The next room into which she led
me was also empty. S,o ,v.re all
the others. In effect, we visited
six apartments, only one of w hich
seemed to be regularly ocp- * as*
a peeping chamber ; and at last
H'e old lady turned to me with a
oirange glitter in her eyes.
■ ‘Stolen,’ she said, ‘stolen, some
body has stolen my gi,rj. Sir, do
von know, I think it must be Sa
tan !’
Then a steady step crossed the
sill. Margaret came in, and the
old lady, bursting into tears, suf
fered her to lead her away.
As I made my way down stairs,
Margaret rejoined me.
‘You understand it now,’she re
plied.
‘I do, indeed,’ I said.
‘She had a daughter price,’ said
Margaret, ‘and the girl—a pretty
creature of sixteen—ran away with
a bad man. She came back home
one day and begged forgiveness.—
Her mother turned her from the
house in a fury. It whs night; the
rain and hail beat aowu upon the
poor thing and the wind buffeted her.
There is no knowing what happen
ed to her that night; but next
morning, she lay dead in the po
lice station. Her mother’s ad
dress was pinned to her baby’s
clothing, and they brought her
home. From that day, s.ir, my
mistress—who, in her remorse and
delirium, called in twenty doctors
to bring her dead to life
—has always been doing what she
hys done tp you. I try to keep the
secret generally, but some find it
out and others think odd things of
us. I thought I yvou’d let you
.know the truth. If she contrives
to call again to veu, you can al
ways,promise to call, and so be rid
of her. Pqor soul! she has nobo
dy in the world but me npw. She’s
pypished for her hardness, at any
rate, and you’ll excuse her con
duct.’
I bowed. I could say nothing
Margaret opened the doer for me
and I walked out into (he fresh air.
A I looked baok upon the house
with all .its elegance, it seemed to
have a haunted air, as though the
ghost of the poor girl still hovered
about.
‘God only knows how many
fearful secrets sqcji handsome
houses may at times shut in,’ I said
to myself, as I turned my back up
on it gladly.
I have never seen the poor old
lady since that hour. Probably
Margaret kept too close a watch
upon her.
Kniissis Rill on Riiuril.
The Chicago Times, in an account
of the strike, says : When one of the
handsome privates of the first regiment
was ordered to keep the crowd off the
platform of one of the depots the other
day, he doubtless thought it was about
as easy and peaceful a duty as a soldier
could be called upon to perform, Keep
ing the crowd off the plat form ! Pshaw,
what was easier? And the proud war
rior pranced proudly to the place as
signed him, and grasping his gun firm
ly, to call general attention to the dan
gerous weapon, said: “Now, stand back,
gentlemen.”
A crowd, no matter how peaceably
inclined its component members may
be, is a rude, impolite, unfeeling thing
Friction produces irritation. The most j
amiable man in the world is generally a
selfish brute in a crowd. This
was as obnoxious as any crowd
ever is. It failed in the inosjt exasper
ating manner to appreciate the dignity
of the young soldier’s position. It ab
solutely s?cmod to lose sight of the fact
that he was there at all. It punched
his elbows info It is ribs. It trod on hi
toes. It got him somehow inextricably
paired up with his gun and cross-belt
and cartridge box. lie couldn’t tell
exactly which was which. A- long as
he couldn’t keep off thq crowd he wish
ed from the deepest depths of his heart
that the crowd would keep off him.—
Once in awhile a piping voice could be
heard coming somewhere from the
struggling mass of heads, elbows and
shoulders saying : “Now, gentlemen,
you must stand back. I’ve got orders
to keep you back.”
jf lie .train of which were the regulars,
whom the crowd was waiting to see, ar
rived jus(. as the big bunion of the sol
dier’s left * foot had exploded under a
crushing pressure, and just as he was
contemplating the expediency of trying,
the effect of a shot into the crowd.
The hardy, sun-br .nzed veterans fil
ed off t,he .train and foil into line with
military dispatch and precision. “The
men there don’t seem to mind your
guard much,” said the captain to one
of the officers of the road. “No,’’ the
latter responded reluctantly,
“Send Kansas Bill here,” said the
captain of the regulars to an orderly.
“Kansas Bill,” a big mountain-hard
ened Indian fighter, with tawny, strag
gling beard and long yellow locks, ala
poets of the Sierras, came forward a;
moment afterward and touched his cap.
“Bill.”
“Yaas, sir,” with another touch of
his cap,
“Bill, go up there and keep .the crowd
off the platform.
“Yaas, sij.”
Kansas Bill hitched up his breeches,
whipped out a bayonet from Us sheath
and fastened it on his gun with more
racket than a company of militia could
make.
Kansas Bill had been used to rough
ways. He had .fought Indians out
West so long that he had forgotten all
the soft ways he ever knew, if, indeed,
he e,ver knew any. He didn’t say.
•‘■Now, gentlemen, move off.” Oh, no.
Fie said, in a coarse, uncultured voice,
“Get out o’ here, get out o’ here, get
out o’ here’or I’ll grease my sticker
with ye. Do ye hear, now? Take
that, take that,” and during these ejac
ulations began swinging .that boyonet
around in such a wild and utterly reek
less manner that the mob rapidly made
way for him. Then he turned around
and gave several departing loafers a
savage prod. Then he grabbed his
gun by the stock, brought it to a right
shoulder shift, and when he had finish
ed this performance, he shifted his
quid to the other side of his month, ex
pectorated gleefully, and had the entire
platform to himself.
The A ill* list a Hotel,
ritllE undersigned having leased the
I. above well known Hotel properly on
Broad Street, AUGUSTA, Ga., has thor
oughly refitted, refurnished, and enlarged
the building and opened it for the recep
tion of guests.
Long experience and ample facilities
warrant him in guaranteeing satisfaction
to all who favor the house with their pa
tronage.
Give the old Augnsta Hotel a trial.
C. R. WHEELOCK, Proprietor.
December 15, 1870-lj
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City and County Directory.
rOIJXTI OFFICERS.
JOEL F. THORNTON, Ordinary.
J. HENRY ENGLISH, Sheriff.
ISAAC R. HALL, Clerk Superior Court
■T. H. WYNN, Treasurer.
MILES G. COPELAN, Tax Collector.
JUDGE IIILSMAN, Tax Receiver.
J. F. WRIGHT, County Surveyor-
ROSWELL HURLBURT, Coroner.
PHILIP B. ROBINSON, Judge of the
County Court.
CJTI (OlVdlv,
,Wm. M. WEAVFR, Mayor.
Aldermen —Wm. 11. Branch,
John A. Griffin,
John A. Barnhart,
M. Mark waller.
John W. Stone, Marshal.
A- Griffin, Clerk and Treasurer.
Liintciiix
BAPTIST— Services Ist, 2d and 4th Sab
baths. Rev. C. 11. Strickland, Pastor.
Sabbath School every Sunday at !l o’clock
a. am.—W. 11. Branch, Superintendent.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday even
ing, 7 p. m.
PRESBYTERIAN— Services every 3rd
Sabbath. Rev. J. N. Bradshaw, Pastor.
METHODIST— Services every 4th Sab
bath. Rev. W T. Hamilton, Pastor.
Sabbath School 21 o'clock, p. tn. —J. H.
Wood, Superintendent. Prayer meeting
every Tuesday evening, 7 p. m.
EPISCOPAL —Services Ist, 2d and 3d
Sabbaths. Rev. Joshua Knowles, Rector.
MAHOXII.
San Marino Lodge meets 4 lst Friday
night in each month.
Royal Arch Chapter meets 3rd Friday
night in each month.
Ai OOi> TIBI FI. V us.
Greenssboro’ Lodge, No. 320, Indepen
dent Order Good Templars, meets at Odd
Fellow’s Hall every Friday night.
ol Trains! ill
loro’
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
From Augusta, . . • 12:36 P M
I'iom Atlanta, . . . 1:15 PM.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
From Atlanta • . . 3:21 A. M.
From Augusta, . . . 1:06 A. M.
Dec. 16 11. IT. KING, Agent.
I BUSINESS CARDS.
Wm. H. Branch,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CONTINUES to give his undivided niton
> tion to the practice of his Profession.
Returning thanks to his clients for their
encouragement in the past, he hopes by
dose application to business to merit con',
tinuance of the same.
flCjy*Office over Drug Store of Messrs. 11.
Torbert & Cos.
Greenesbnro’ Jan 1, 187(1—1v.
M. W. LEWIS } H. G. LEWIS.
HI. 11. Lewis & s<siis,
Attorneys at Law,
GKKE\EIU4>I(OI T n, - G.t,
april 8,1875—1 y
Philip 13. Robinson,
Attorney at Law,
GREEpSBORQ’. . . . GA.
W LL give prompt attention to business
entrusted to his professional care.
Feb. 20, 1873—Urns
\\. U. LHIPKIN.
ATTORNEY AT LAW ,
I!.\IOA POINT, - -
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'.' jnn23 ’74 —ly.
Etr, Win. Morgan,
RESIDENT
DENTIST
GREENE SB OR O’, GA.
feb. 1, 1874.
JAMES B. PARK,
XTB3"2T
AND—
COUNSELOR AT L4W,
GREENESBORO', - - - GA.
WUAi give prompt attention to all bu
siness intrusted to bis professional
care, in the Counties of Greene, Morgan,
Putnam, Baldwin, Hancock and Taliaferro.
OT’Ofllce—With Hon. Philip B. Hob
inson. april 8,1875 —6ms
The National Bank of Augusta.
riHIIS BANK is prepnred to lease small
SAFES inside its Finn proof vault,
at moderate rates, for the reception of
Bonds, Securities, Deeds, Legal Docu*.
ments, Plate, Coin, Jewelry, and valuables
of every description. G. M. TIf,EW,
Feb. 17, 1876—tf Cashier.
CYIII S MOORE,
AND
HAIR SHU NS S R.
removed his Shop to the front room
ever Storey & Bros., where he will
pleased to serve the public.
May 1!, 1376—tf
a. jTMSSeST
Attorney and Counselor at Law
U ItIIEMISBOKA’, GA„
I)ROMPT attention given to all
intrusted to his professional care.
September 8, 1876—tf f
THE CITY
Drug Storl
PURE DRUGS,
iff Chemicals,
Meat Medicines
NEW STYLES LAMP GOODS.
WINDOW GLASS ALL SIZES.
WHITE LEAD, OIL. COLORS,
AND GARNISHES.
FANCY SOAPS AND PER
FUMERY.
FULL LINE FLAVORING
EXTRACTS.
For sale by
John A. Griffin.
OSTTliysicians’ prescriptions careful $
dispensed. april 13, 18"6-ly
Central Hotel,
BY
Mi t. W. JI. THOJIAB,
AbGLS r*l f G\t '
Jan. 21—ly.
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