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DEVOTED) TO NEWS, POLITICS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL PROGRESS—INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS,
VOL. XIV.
R. A. FLEMING,
Cotton pxl|pi Factor,
Warehouse and Commission Mercnant.
Corner of Campbell and Reynolds Streets,
A.ULgT'ULSteL - G-Sl.
S' OLICITS the patronage of the planters of Greene and adjoining counties.
Liberal advances made on Cotton. Charges moderate.
August 21, 1879.
I ANTOINE POULLAIN,
Cotton SISBII Factor
Warehouse and Commission Merchant;
(Corner Jackson and Reynold Streets,)
AUGUSTA, - - Ga.
SOLICITS the patronage of the plantars of Greene and adjoining counties.
Liberal advances made on cotton. Charges moderote. a0g.28, 1879
BRUSSELS, sjj 0h >,ce Fami]y
and ‘lngrain - GrOCCriCS.
f iirnets f
V * - - - ' ..■% (NO LIQUORS.)
.FLOOR
Window""' : gj ßaskets ’
Shades 3Ut aiHM3 B wood
\ * I
l an j M , Uslm BH k Jl| Musters,
Curtains Bll^
1 Brooms
f Hails K : r|ls hes
'liiffSftk I •
•- . and Borders. ~ _ etc . etc., etc
Masonic Hall Building,
244 Broad St., AUGUSTA, Ga.
George L Bailie
(Late of JAS. (Jr. BAILIE & BRO.)
Respectfully calls the attention'of the public to a beautiful line nf the Goods, which
„ is fast.opening in the Masonic Hall Building, No. 244 Broad Street, consisting of
beautiful
Brussels, 3 Ply and Ingrain Carpets. Rustic and Paper Shades—all sizes.
Hearth Rugs, Door Mats, Cruntb Cloths. Terrys. Reps and Damaeks-all colors.
Floor and Table Oil Clothes—ail widths. Cape and upholsterers’ Trimmings.
Laee and Nottingham Lace Cartains. Wall Papers in great variety.
Curtains Bands, Loobs, Gimps and Tassels. Borders, Fire screens and Side Lights'
Window Cornices in great variety ofpatterns. Chromos, Picture Cord.
•Window shades—all colors and sizes. Picture Tassels and Nails.
Window Hollands —all colors.
I Respectfully solicit an examination of my Goods by the public, whom I have been
among and waiting upon for the past twenty five years, guaranteeing to all that, they
will be waited on pleasantly and promptly.
Besides tne front door entrance to my Store, I have secured a private entrance
through the main hall of Masonic Hal!.
GEORGE A. BAILIE.
244 Broad Street, Masonic Hall Building.
KT'Carpets made and laid promptly. I will open a full stock of CHOICE FAMILI
Groceries, under the charge of one of Augusta’s mo-Rs competent and reliable young
aen . (;kokgf, a. icaii.ii).
Aug. 21, 1879. 244 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
Georp Mini Corny,
Superintendent’s Offiee, Augusta, Ga., July 15th, 1879.
Commencing Sarnia ', July 13th. Passenger Trains will run as follows :
\o. 1, Wert-Daily. Ko. 8, East-Daily.
Leave Augusta 9:35 a. m. Leave Atlanta 7:45 a. m.
Leave Macon 7:00a.m. Leave Greenesboro’ 11;3? am
Leave Milledgeville 8:68 a. m. Arrive Athens 3:15 p m
Leave Camak 11:31 am. Arrive Washington 2:00 pm
Leave Washington 10:45 a. m. Arrive Camak 1:13 p m
Leave Athens 9:15 a. m. Arrive Milledgeville 3:35 p m
Arrive at Greenesboro’ 1:12 p.m. Arrive Macon 5:25 pm
Arrive at Atlanta 5:00 p.m. Arrive Augusta 3.28 pm
\o. 3, West—Daily- 0i East—Daily.
Leave Augusta 5:30 p m Leave Atlanta 0:00 p m
Arrive Greenesboro’ 10:57 p m , Leave Greenesboro’ 12:52 a m
Arrive Atlanta 5:00 a m Arrive Atlanta 0.20 a m
JgySupcrb Sleepers to Augusta and Atlanta.
S. K. JOHNSON , Sii|teriiiten<lent.
E. R. DORSEY. Gen. Pass. Agent.
OeOßGlA—Greene County
Robert L. McWhorter and William K.
Mullins, Administrators of the Estate of
William N. Williams, deceased, applv for
Leave to sell all the P.eal Estate of said de
ceased, and an order to that effect will be
granted on the first Monday in October
next, unless objections are filed.
JOEL F. THORNTON, Onl y.
September 1, 1879.
Winter Snap Beans which can be planted
as late as November.
c. A DAVIS & SON.
INSURE
Your dwelling,
barns, etc., in
First-class Companies at lowest rates
ever offered in Georgia.
W. M WEAVER.
pgy Messrs. C. a. OAVIS & SON still
keep so busy that they have hardly
time to send in a mere mention of
new Goods arriving every day.
GREENESBORO’, GA., THURDSAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1879.
a bJSINESS CARDS.
M. W. LEWIS. }- -J H.T. k 11, G. LEWIS
LEW IS' & SONS,
Mttormvs at law,
GREENESBORO’, GA.
WIBL practice in all the Courts — ]
State and Federal. n0v.29,’77
.McWhorter Bros.,
Attorneys & Counselors at Law,
GREENESBORO’, - - GA.
flSgf Branch Office at Lexington, Ga.*©a
I John A. McWhorter. )
( Hamilton McWhorter, j
Sept. 27, 1877.—tf
Philip B. Minsnn,
Attorney at Law,
GREENESBORO’. . . . GA.
LOILL give prompt attention to business
’’ entrusted to liis professional care.
Feb. 20, 1873—6 ms
Hr. Win. JWorgan,
RESIDENT
DENTIST
G liE EXE SB OR O'. GA
feb. 1, 1874.
J, F, & J. G. HART,
Real Estate
AGENTS,
UNION POINT, G A.,
ARE Correspondents of Real Estate
Agents, North and South, for this
section. Business solicited. oct27
Huff Green House,
DALTON, GEORGIA.
The best and Cheapest Hotel on the
Kenuesaw Route.
Rfreaktnst and Supper House
For Passengers.
Special attention given to the Comfort and
convenience of lady passengers and guests.
(Lading and sample rooms for commercial
travelers
Board per day $2 00
Single meals 50cts
Raildroaders, county and stock men, half
fare. april 1, 1879—tf
R. W . I. B; TISHA
OUTERS his professional services to the
people of Greenesboro’and vicinity. Office
over B. Johnson’s store roomin the Heard-
Geiasler building 0ct.24,’78
THE CITY
Drug StorE
~ PURE DRUGS,
Chemicals,
Patent Medicines,
BURSTS TURNIP SEED CROP
1878.
RUTA BAGA, WHITE GLOBE.
WHITE ROCK. YELLOW ABER
DEEN. etc. etc.
FRESH MEDICINES AND DRUGS
CONSTANTLY ARRIVING.
For sale by
.Fobai A. i-iiflin.
ffFTliysicians’ prescriptions carefully
dispensed. april 13, 1876-ly
Sale
BY virtue of an order from the Orninary
of Greene county—Will be sold be
fore the Court-House in Greenesboro’, Ga.,
on the first Tuesday in October next, the
Front Half (including the buildiugs) of the
Lot belonging to the Estate of Holconkb G,
Harper, deceased, commencing at the line
fence between this lot and the old Willis
Hotel lot, and running theuce along Main
Street north two hundred and sixty feet
(260) to the corner of Main and Greene
Streets, thence along Greepe street, cast,
one hundred and ninety feet, thence south
two hundred and sixty (260) feet fe the line
fence between this Lot and the old Willis
Hotel lot, thence along !bis line west one
hundred and ninety,(l9o)fyet to thestarting
point; c; ntaining one anyone-eighth acres
(more or less). Terms of sale Cash.
A. W. FORCE, A dm’r,
De bonis non, of H G Harper, dec'd,
Aug. 28, 1879—tds
New Goods at attractive prices off che
Bargain Tables of
C. A. DAVIS A 80S.
l IYIIHIt OitllEßS.
We know not what is expedient.
But we may know what is right;
And we never need grope in darkness.
If we look to heaven for light.
' >
Down deep to the hold of the vessel
The ponderous engine lies.
And faithfully there the engineer
His labor steadily plies.
He knows not the course of the vessel,
He knows not the way he should go;
He minds his simple dijty
And keeps the fircTiglow.
He knows not whether the billows
The bark may overwhelm;
He knows and obeys the ordgrs
Of the pilot at the helm.
AdJ so in the wearisome journey
Over life’s trouble sea,
I know not the way I am going,
But Jesus shall pilot me.
I see not the rooks and the quicksands;
For my sight is dull and dim; -\
But I know that. Christ is my Captain,
And I take my orders from him.
Speak, Lord, for thy servant lieareth,
Speak peace to my anxious soul.
And help me to feel that all my ways
Are under Thy wise control;
That He who cares for the lily
And heads the .-parrow’s fall.
Shall tenderly lead His loving clii’d,
For He made and lovetli all.
And so when weary and baffled,
And I know not which way to go,
I know that He can guide me,
And’tis all that I need to know.
Ilotv the Ancieut Engraved
Gems.
We must remain as jet a little in
doubt as to the methods employed
by the old artists to perfect these
miracles of taste. We have, how
ever, the absolute certainty tho'
these anctent masters were familiar
with the diamond, and that their
best work was done by using this,
the hardest of all substances, as a
tool. A splintered fragment of the
diamond served as a scraping tool,
and they were well acquainted with
the drill. Prehistoric man worked
a drill at the very commencement
of his existence. A phcenician gem i
-a lion attacking a bull-shows how *
the drill was used. A number of
circular depressions are found in the
geui, which mark the extremities of
the figures. This was done not on
ly for the sake of effect, but to show
the artist tho limit of his work as to
depth. After the holes were sunk,
the artist united the various por
tions of his work by scratching.
Now the use of the diamond point
or splinter, fixed in a style or iron
socket, allowed a certain flexibility
of handling, which our modern pro
cesses of gera engraveing do net
permit. To-day the work is done
by means of a minute rotating disk
of copper, which is whetted with oil
and diamond dust. On the least
i application of the substance to be
cut to the disk, it is the disk which
bites into the stone The difference
in manipulation is, thep, that to
day it is the stone which goes to
the tool, and not, ns in olden times,
the tool to the stone. It is more
convenient, then, in 1579, to bring
the cart to the horse. It can now
be readily understood why, in rao<
dern work, time and labor being
spared (tho art conception not en
tering for the present into the sub
ject)— why this work of to-day is
inferior to the art which 19 past
It is purely a mechanical process
now for a rotating disk will no more
draw lines which have feeling than
will photographing processes paint
pictures. It has been stated that
we are not entirely acquainted with
the methods employed by the old
glyptic artists. This becomes quite
evident from this fact, that their
best ?ork seems to have been cut
anil polished at one and the same
time. To-day we have no tool, no
substance, which will accomplish
this double feat. Mr. King, dwell
ing on the diamond point says “its
extensive use is the great distinc
tion between the antique and mo
dern work.” —E.x.
’leilieal Qualities of Lemons.
Since the regular arrival of vessels
in the larger cities with tropical fruit,
the supply of these luxuries has been
immense of late, and, in fact, they are
plenty all the year through, and prices
are now within the reach of all. Lem
ons, are valuable through
the heated term, and formerly sold at
from 6 to 16 cents apiece. Now the
best quality of fruit can be purchased
at 25 cents per dozeu, and in the win
ter season, nearly all the time, at from
2 to 5 cents apiece.
In reference to the virtues of the
lemon, an eminent physician has this
to say: “Lcmoo juice is the best anti
scorbutic remedy known. It not only
cures thedisease, but prevents it. Sail
ors make a daily use of it for this pur
pose. I advise every one to rub their
gums with lemon juice to keep them in
health. The hands and nails are also
kept cleau, white, soft and supple by
the daily use of lemon instead of soap.
It also prevents chilblains Lemon is
used in intermittent fever mixed with
strong, hot, black coffee, without sugar.
Neuralgia may be cured by rubbing the
part affected with a cut iemon. It is
valuable also to cure warts and to de
stroy dandruff 00 the head by rubbing
the roots of the hair with R. In fact,
its uses ate manifold- and the more we
employ it externally the better wo shall
find ourselves Natural remedies are
the best, and nature is our best doctor,
if we would only listen to it. Decid
edly, rub yonr hands, head and gums
with lemon, and drink lemonade in pre
ference to all oilier liquids,”
E.vtrnordiiiar.y Versatility of
Western “Wasters.”
Detroit Free Press.
A day or two ago a motherly
i Dotting womnn l jC fxyrty antordH
a Woodward avenue clothing store
having a man’s linen dustor on her
apjn. and when approached by a
salesman she said :
“Someone in here sold this dus
tertomy son yesterday ”
“Yes. ma’am, I sold it myself.”
replied the clerk, as he looked at
the garment.
‘‘Did you tell my son that this
duster could he worn either to a
picnic, funeral, bridal party or
quarterly meeting ?”
“I did. madam, and so it can.”
“Did you tell him it made a good
fly-blanket when not otherwise
needed ?”
“I did.”
“That it could be used as a boat
sail, a stretcher, a straw bed and a
bed spread ?”
“Yes. ma’am, I did.”
“And that many people used them
as table covers ? ’
“I dul.”
“And that they would last for
years and then make excellent stuff
for a rag carpet ?”
“I did.” , .
“And you only charged a dollar ?”
•‘Only a dollar, ma’am.”
“Well, when John came homo
last night and brought tbe duster,
and told me all you said, I made
up iny mind that he must have
been drunk, and was a leetle afraid
he stole the garment. lam glad
it's all right.”
“It certainly is all right, ma’am,
and since he was here yesterday we
have discovered that the duster is a
great conductor of sound, a pre
venlive cf sun-stroke, and that r.o
man with one on his hack ever
dropped dead with b#art disease.”
“Land save us!” she gasped, as
she waited for tbe bundle; “but
who knows that they wont fix 'em
so ’fore long that they'll raise a
mortgage off the farm.’
The annual crop of tobacco of ihe
Uoited Stater i about 420,000,000
pounds, two-thirds of which is expor
ted.
—. tm • i^i
The child probably destined to be
the greatest of American naturalis s i
already horn He lives in Tennessee,
and is the author of the remark that
“a jackass is the otly animal that
winks with bis ears.”
Singular Earls Abort Ele
phants.
Letter From India,
The extent to which the elephant
can be trained 13 rsinarkable. He
wil) lift the largest teak logs, and
teak is among the heaviest of wood,
and arrange tliom in piles. He
will push a log with hisfoot against
the saw and carry the sawed wood
in his tusks or his trunk. In all
these rpanoeuvers he is directed by
tho mahout, who sits on his neck
and manages him with a goad, or
more generally with the word of
mouth. Sometimes an elephant
is so wild and untamab)o as to be
dangerous, and yet he will serve
his masters. We saw one animal
pushing logs about, who had killed
four or five of the workmen. He
was kept in order by a lad who
carried a sharp spear, keeping the
spear always near tho
eye. The spear was little more
than a moral influence. If the el
epbant really wished to attack hjs
keepers a spear would be of little
use beyond a stab or two. The
memory of these stabs, however,
was as effective to the elephant as
chains or thongs and he rolled
his logs about in the most uncon
cerned manner. The manner in
which the elephant kills his victim
is to rush upon him or throw bi n
in the air with the trunk and tram
ple him when he falls. The ani
mal hasiinmense power in his trunk,
and delicacy and precision in touch,
as well as crushing strength. It
will pick up a banana or a wisp of
grass as surely as a Jog.
There is n,o efficient way of pun
ishing the elephant except Ty tlie
aid of the other elephants. A few
days befoio we came to Rangoon
one o ! the animals demurred to go
on a boat. Two ethers were
inarched up, aqd under the direc
r -* I , -
tion of the mahout, they pounded
the resisting animal with their
trunks, until, for his life’s sake, he
was glad to embark.
Elephants learn the ways of civ
ilized labor. When the bell rings
for dinner he will drop his log and
march away. If he has been train
ed to rest on Sunday no power can
make kirn work on the seventh day.
J*’ **
A Pence Ilakinv' Lawyer.
Lawyers are not supposed tomer
it, 89 a class, tho blessing pro
nounced upon peacemakers. But
even Dr. Johnson, who hated the
legal fraternity, was once led to
write an epitaph on a peace mak
ing lawyer. The dnotor was pas
sing a churchyard, and seeing some
people weeping over a grave, asked
a woman why they wept.
“Oh,” said she, “we have lost
our precious lawyer. Justice Ran-”
dall! He kept us from going to
law—the best man who evey lived.”-'
“Wott,” replied Johnson, “I
will write you an epitaph to put up
on his tomb.” It read.
God works wonders now and then—
Here lies a lawyer, an hones! man.
If Johnson had lived a century
later, and made tbe acquaintance
of Judge Hyland, of Missouri, he
might have written a similar epi
taph. More than enqe the Judge
wa9 heard to say :
“1 would rather give SIOO out
of my own pocket to avoid a suit
bet"c n neighbors than to gam
SSOO by prosecuting one.*’
Tins pacific lawyer was once
asked by a gentleman belonging to
an influential family to bring suit
against a brother for slander.
“Go home,” said the Judge af
ter listening to the complaint, ‘'and
fall down on your knees three times
a day for a week, and pray God to
forgive you fpr harboring such un
kind feeljngp against a brother.
If 8t Lhe end of that, time you are
T t jt f * ■ ■
still determined, to bring suit re- j
turn to ine, and we will consult
about it ”
‘That is a strange counsel for a
lawyer to give,” remarked the man
amazed that a lawyer shouhl de
cline a suit. <
“Yes,” was the reply “but it is
the best I can now give you.”
Before the week bad ended thq
man returned and told the Judge
that he had concluded not to bring
| *h c suit
'oin]>linientary *o (lie Jnv.i,
'I lie Jews are among the most mor
al and law-abiding citizens of any com
munity, and are no public expense
whatever, either as criminals or pau
pers. it is the exception wheu one of
their numberds found in any of our
prisons j nnae of their’children are iu
,
our houses of refuge; neneof their
adults in our almshouses. They have
their own hospitals f r their sick, and
homes for their friendless children.—
They ore loyal people to any (govern
mmt in which their lot may be cast. —,■
3 tangible proof of their loyalty to
our land, they have out coat of arms
embroidered on a velvet curtain, which
hangs in front of the holy places in
their synagogues,in which are deposit
ed their Scriptures; and always #t the
end of their Sabbath religious services
they repeat a prayer (in English) for
our Presidant and all io authority.—
There is a yearly record kept by the
Jews of all dimes committed by their
i embers in every country; and it is
asserted by one of their highest officials
that not more than one Jew in fifty
years is hung for murder throughout
the whole world,
Lleie is a whole sermon in aser
| tenee preached by Hanmh Moore;
“lie who cannot find tithe to consult
his Bible will one day find that be
has time to be sick , he who has no
time to pray must find time to die 1 ?
“’ hn "an find-no time to reflect
is most likely to find time t sin ;
be who cannqt find time for repen
tance will find and eternity in which
repentnnee will be of no avail ; he
who cannot find time to work for
others may find an eternity in which
to suffer for himself.
A minister told Wendell
Phillips that if his business in life
was to save the negroes, be
ought tq go to the South,
where they were and do it.
“That is worth thinking of,” replied
Phillips; “and what is your busi
ness in life?’ To save men from
going to hell,” replied the minister*
‘ Then go.there and ettend to your
business 1 ” said Mr Philips.
rnatm
Josh Billings: “I wouldn’t give
you 10 cents a yard for all tbe ped
tgreep,in the world; if a man has
got a level head on his shoulders,
and an honest hart in his body, he
has got the pedigree I arn in search
of.”
A big head :s no more evidenoe of
braitis than a paper collar is of a shirt.
If you dou’t want to shuffle off this
ipoit-al coil in a hurry, avoid playing
with a pack of mules.
What is the diffcienco between a
well-bred man and a confusion of idea.-?
One is a gentleman and the other is a
mental jam.
*- - ■
k German poet says that a young
girl is a fishjngrod ; the eyes are tha
j hook, the smile the bait, the lover the
| gudgeon, the marriage the butter in
| which he is fried.
There are now in existpnoe more
I than 218.000 United States.patents. —
I There arc Hut a litt’e <>vpr P 0 000 Eng--
li.-h patents, 50.000 French and 40,000
Belgian and German patents upon in
ventions In 1848 there were over
4,000 moie English than American
patents, tl.crc being at that time lO.OOQt
English and somethin:; less than 0 000
I ■ °
American Those figures show how
inventors of this country are progress
ing as compared with those <d other
countries in which the patent system
prevails,
—®-.. ,t
“Ma,” said a little girl, “do nun
want to get married as much as the.
women do ?” ‘Psha w ; what are. yon
talking ab >ut T' “\Y by, ma, the 1 <di -st
who come byre are always talking about
getting married; the uiuiduu't'’
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